Figure Skating - ISU World Championships 2017 - Pairs Free Skating - Helsinki, Finland - 30/3/17 - Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China compete. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The gasps of despair that greeted Sui Wenjing's fall following a mistimed landing in the side-by-side triple Salchows turned into cheers of joy as she and fellow Chinese Han Cong won the pairs title at the figure skating world championships on Thursday.
Sui and Han did not let the crash landing derail their gold medal hopes as they capped a year of pain and injury by finally ending their quest for the world title on Thursday.
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