Beijing 2022: Chinese pair set world record in short program (PHOTO)

Chinese pair Sui Wenjing-Han Cong won the short program of the Olympic Figure Skating Games with a world record (84.41 points).

Russian pairs are in the next three places. Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (84.25), Anastasia Mishina - Aleksandr Galliamov (82.76) and Aleksandra Boikova - Dmitrii Kozlovskii (78.59).

The free program will take place on Saturday.

The local matadors skated all out to take the lead after the Pairs Short Program in #Beijing2022

Time to cheer for Wenjing Sui & Cong Han in our comments! #Olympics #FigureSkating pic.twitter.com/itBgPn5anM

— ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) February 18, 2022

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