BEIJING, Feb. 18 -- China's figure skating(花样滑冰) couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo finally realized their Olympic dream, dancing to gold in the figure skating with a nearly flawless(无暇的) routine(程序).
The husband and wife team who came out of retirement in quest of(为了寻求……) Olympic glory(荣誉), broke Russia's stranglehold(压制) on the Games figure skating pairs event on Monday with a performance worthy of 18 years' hard work together. Meanwhile, another Chinese duo(成对的表演者) Pang Qing and Tong Jian cliamed silver to complete a 1-2 finish for China.
After finishing top in the short program(短节目表演), Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo looked confident to start their free skating(自由滑) routine.
Under the song of "Adagio" by Italian composer Albinon Tommaso, the three-time world champions put on a breathtaking(激动人心的) performance. Eventually, they accomplished as high as 139.91 points in free skating, plus 76.66 in short program, they scored a record total of 216.57 points to win the gold medal.
Zhao Hongbo, Figure skating gold medalist, said, "I'm so happy. It's a like a dream. Actually, I felt big pressure before the competition because it's has been many many years. We were desperate(不顾一切的) to realize this dream. But today even if there was an error, but generally it didn't affect our overall performance. "
Shen Xue, Figure skating gold medalist, said, "We made our return last year for today, for our dream. Whatever difficulty we met, we finally made it come true. I felt very happy."