ITALY: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin struck gold to capture Russia's 12th successive Winter Olympics pairs title.

Record ID: 331929

  • Title: ITALY: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin struck gold to capture Russia's 12th successive Winter Olympics pairs title.
  • Date: 14th February 2006
  • Summary: (S3) TURIN, ITALY (FEBRUARY 14, 2006) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF RUSSIAN HOUSE CLOSE UP RUSSIAN MASCOT WIDE SHOT NEWS CONFERENCE TATIANA TOTMIANINA AND MAXIM MARININ WIDE SHOT CLOSE UP OF TATIANA TOTMIANINA PEOPLE APPLAUDING TATIANA TOTMIANINA AND MAXIM MARININ WITH MEDALS CLOSE UP OF MEDAL (SOUNDBITE) (English) TATIANA TOTMIANINA SPEAKING "Because we had such good competitors at this competition it was interesting, but we feel we are just happy because we got what we want and we did what we planned." FAN TAKING PHOTO (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAXIM MARININ SPEAKING "Olympic Games, it's a kind of special competition because its not only figure skating and watching the competition, all the people around the world and people who are getting success in their competition, it just stays in their memory for a long time, that was the toughest part of the competition, and we are glad that we did well and got gold medals, what else would we wish, this is the best part of it." SIGNING MASCOT CLOSE UP OF HER MAX SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS TATIANA SIGNING VARIOUS PARTY TATIANA TOTMIANINA AND MAXIM MARININ PUT THEIR MEDALS IN LARGE GLASS OF BEER CLOSE UP OF MEDALS IN GLASS PERSON DRINKING OUT OF GLASS VARIOUS OF TOTMIANINA AND MARININ TATIANA TOTMIANINA TAKES MEDAL OUT OF GLASS AND WALKS AWAY
  • Embargoed: 1st March 2006 12:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVABS5IVBYTS6LWQ4IKE0R5FS3YN
  • Story Text: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin struck gold to capture Russia's 12th successive Winter Olympics pairs title on Monday (February 14) with a breathtaking display of acrobatic jumps and synchronised spins.
    The Russians dramatically pipped their main rivals China's Zhang Hao and Zhang Dan -- who crashed heavily after an attempted throw quadruple Salchow went wrong -- with a personal best combined total of 204.48.
    Four years after the event sparked one of the biggest judging scandals in Winter Games history, Totmianina and Marinin became the first competitors to win Olympic gold under the new scoring system introduced as a result.
    China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo settled for their second successive Olympic bronze with a score of 186.91.
    After the competition, Totmianina and Marinin celebrated their victory at the Russian House in downtown Turin.
    The pair carried out the Russian custom of marking their victory by placing their gold medals into a large glass of beer. According to tradition, the medals are submerged in vodka but this time, beer was used.
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