Chinese win pairs at Four Continents

VANCOUVER: China's Pang Qing and Tong Jian skated a near-flawless performance to win the pairs title at the Four Continents on Thursday.

Now four-time winners of the event, Pang and Tong included a couple of huge lifts and throws to score 194.94 in the free skate. The only noticeable mistake for the 2006 world champions was being slightly out of sync on a side-by-side spin.

"Before we came to this event we were very excited about it, especially knowing it's going to be the venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics," Tong said. "We tried to live up to the expectations and we were able to do that, and we're very happy with our performance."