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Olympic figure skating: Pairs standings after short program

By Sarabeth Pollock

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 14: Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau of Canada compete during the Pair Skating Short Program on day five of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 14, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 14: Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau of Canada compete during the Pair Skating Short Program on day five of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 14, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) /
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The pairs’ short program came to a conclusion after 22 teams took to the ice. Here are the standings heading into the pairs’ free skate and medal competition.

It was a thrilling figure skating competition as the 2018 Winter Olympics continued with the first event in the pairs’ event. 22 teams came together for the pairs’ short program, and viewers were in for a treat as the best pairs skaters in the world presented their short program. Some of the routines were the same as the ones seen during the team pairs’ skating short program, but it was still a lot of fun to see them again.

Team USA’s Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim finished the short program with a 65.55. It was nowhere near the top of the scoreboard, which puts a lot of pressure on them to nail their free skate. It hasn’t been easy for the married couple given that they have skated in every pairs’ event so far, while other teams have had a chance to rest between competitions. But don’t count them out, because they’re ready to come out strong in the free skate.

After the field of 22 teams took the ice, only the top 16 advance to the free skate.

Here are the final standings in the pairs’ short program:

  1. China – Wenjing Sui and Cong Han – 82.39
  2. Olympic Athletes from Russia – Yevgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov – 81.68
  3. Canada – Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford – 76.82
  4. Germany – Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot – 76.59
  5. China – Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang – 75.58
  6. France – Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres – 75.34
  7. Italy – Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek – 74.50
  8. Olympic Athlete from Russian – Natalya Zabiyako and Aleksandr Enbert – 74.35
  9. Italy- Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise – 74.00
  10. Olympic Athletes from Russia – Kristina Astakhova and Aleksey Rogonov – 70.52
  11. North Korea – Tae Ok Ryom and Ju Sik Kim – 69.40
  12. Canada – Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau – 67.52
  13. Canada – Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro – 65.68
  14. United States – Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim – 65.55
  15. Czech Republic – Anna Duskova and Martin Bidar – 63.25
  16. Germany – Annika Hocke and Ruben Blommaert – 63.04
  17. China – Cheng Peng and Yang Jin – 62.61
  18. Australia – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor – 61.55
  19. Israel – Paige Conners and Evgeni Krasnopolski – 60.35
  20. Austria – Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer – 58.80
  21. Japan – Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara – 57.74
  22. South Korea – Kyueun Kim and Alex Kang Chan Kam – 42.93

Next: Best Olympian from each state

The pairs’ competition comes to a close on Wednesday, February 14, as the pairs’ medals are awarded following the pairs’ free skate.

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