Gold Tatyana Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin Russia
Silver Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang
Bronze Xue Shen and Hongbo
Nobody really expected the Americans to medal here (they finished 7th and 14th). I’ll have to update later, after I see the skating to let you know whether I can agree with these medal choices. Unlike the races, where you win or you lose, and it’s pretty cut and dried or snowboarding, where I know nothing, I always think my opinion of figure skating is as good as the judges’. I may not know what’s good, but I know what I like.

Dumbest thing about the new figure skating scoring system. You get credit for completing an element even if you do not land it. If you want credit for a quad, jump spin around 4 times and don’t even bother trying to land on your feet. You get credit for the quad and only a point deduction for the fall.
How do you fall down blow out your knee, go to the side for treatment, then go back and finish your routine and still get a silver. I am taking nothing away from the courage of the Chinese skater, but you get to fall down take a 5 minute break and still get silver. Something is wrong here.