Babilonia and Gardiner, 1979
The running theme is that Russian women are fierce as hell and the Chinese have enormous throws. And Tamara Moskvina is an effing genius.
Cherkasova and Shakrai, 1980
Vorobieva and Lisovsky, 1981 (Moskvina's first World Champions)
Baess and Thierbach, 1982
Valova and Vasiliev, 1983
Underhill and Martini, 1984
Valova and Vasiliev, 1985
Gordeeva and Grinkov, 1986
Gordeeva and Grinkov, 1987
Valova and Vasiliev, 1988
Gordeeva and Grinkov, 1989
Gordeeva and Grinkov, 1990
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev, 1991
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev, 1992
Brasseur and Eisler, 1993
Shishkova and Naumov, 1994
Kovarikova and Novotny, 1995
Eltsova and Bushkov, 1996
Woetzel and Steuer
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, 1998
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, 1999
Petrova and Tikhonov, 2000
Sale and Pelletier, 2001
Shen and Zhao, 2002
Shen and Zhao, 2003
Totmianina and Marinin, 2004
Totmianina and Marinina, 2005
Pang and Tong 2006 (Video is from Olympics, but they won Worlds weeks later.)
Shen and Zhao, 2007
Savchenko and Szolkowy 2008
Savchenko and Szolkowy 2009
Pang and Tong 2010
Savchenko and Szolkowy 2011
Savchenko and Szolkowy 2012
No Volosozhar/Trankov for 2012? I know they haven't reached iconic status yet, but I thought their Black Swan free skate ended up being more memorable than S/S. Even though S/S had interesting choreography, the performance level just wasn't at its peak at Worlds.
ReplyDeleteAJ posted the World Champions. Shen and Zhao out-skated T/M in '04, but AJ put the World Champions.
ReplyDelete1996 with Eltsova and Bushkov was a weak year.
ReplyDeleteBut wait, where are the US pairs teams in that lineup? ::snickers::
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