Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The Top Pairs of The World





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

4 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. AJ posted the World Champions. Shen and Zhao out-skated T/M in '04, but AJ put the World Champions.

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  3. 1996 with Eltsova and Bushkov was a weak year.

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  4. But wait, where are the US pairs teams in that lineup? ::snickers::

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