Shen/Zhao ready for Championships (CRIENGLISH.com) Updated: 2006-06-06 16:51
Two-time world figure skating champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo have
confirmed that they will compete in the 2007 World Figure Skating
Championships.
China's figure skating
champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, front, in Turin Winter
Olympics.[Xinhua] |
The veteran pairs skaters missed the week's China Figure Skating Classic in
Beijing since they are working with their choreographer in Canada.
They decided to use Romanza as the music for their new short program, and
traded Madame Butterfly for Jules Massenet's work, Meditation, in the free
dance.
Shen and Zhao won the world titles in 2002 and 2003. They took the silver at
the 2004 World Championships and withdrew from the 2005 event since Zhao had
suffered an Achilles' tendon injury.
Thirty-three-year-old Zhao overcame his injury to win China a bronze medal
with partner Shen at the Turin Winter Olympics in February.
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