Pang Qing and Tong Jian beat junior teammates Zhang Dan and
Zhang Hao to win the pairs title at the National Figure Skating
Classic in Beijing yesterday.????
Pang and Tong, who won the gold medal at the world championship
in March, rallied from second place after Sunday's short program to
move ahead of their rivals.
Olympic runners-up Zhang and Zhang finished second despite a top
placing in short program.
Young pair Wang Jiang, 17, and Wang Xue, 14, placed third.
In other competition, Li Chengjiang and Liu Yan each claimed the
men's and women's singles title, while Wang Chen and Yu Xianyang
were crowned ice dance champions.
(CRI June 6, 2006)
