The Russian Petersburg duo received 5.7s and 5.8s across the board for technical merit and seven 5.9s and two 5.8s for presentation. The marks for the Canadians were superior to their rivals for technique but fell short in the presentation department. They received only three 5.9s and six 5.8s for their second mark. China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the bronze. The fourth place also belongs to Petersburg sportsmen – Tatiana Tot’myanina and Maksim Marinin, the six – to Maria Petrova and Aleksey Tikhonov.

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