On February 18, Beijing time, the Winter Olympics figure skating pair skating short program ended the competition. The combination of Sui Wenjing/Han Cong from the Chinese delegation came in first place with a world record of 84.41 points. This laid a good foundation for their next free skate, and the two are expected to make up for the regrets of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. However, they are only 0.16 points ahead of second-place Tarasova/Morozov, and the free skating still needs to work.
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, who had high hopes, finally regretted winning a silver medal, and the championship was taken away by the German duo Savichenko/Masot. Four years later, Savychenko/Masot has left, but this time, the 3-pair combination from the Russian-Austrian team has brought challenges to the Onion Barrel combination, especially Tarasova/Morozov.
Sui Wenjing/ Han Cong appeared in the penultimate group, and the program selection song "Mission Impossible 2". As soon as the two appeared on the scene, they showed a determined look, the double heads-up, the throwing jump and the twist lift were all done very well, and the real-time technical score had crushed the previous players. After completing the whole show, Han Cong made a very confident fist shaking celebration action. Sui Wenjing held his head high, very satisfied with his play. In the end, the show scored 84.41 points, setting a new world record for a short program they set in the team competition not long ago.
However, the Subsequent Russian-Austrian team duo Tarasova/Morozov also produced a very good set of programs. They did not make any mistakes in the whole program, and the technical score even surpassed Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, reaching 46.04 points. However, in terms of program content scores, the two were slightly inferior to the Chinese combination, and the final total score was 84.25 points, ranking second behind 0.16 points.
But the 0.16-point gap, before the free skate began, was almost negligible. Because as long as there is a mistake in the free skate, the 0.16 points will be drowned out. So in free skating, the two need to continue their current good state, hoping that they can get what they want at home.