(WU WEI)

Chinese figure skating couple Shen Xue (right) and Zhao Hongbo show their gold

medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, on February 15. They are the first non-Russian skaters to win a gold medal in the Olympic figure skating pairs event in 46 years.

Another Chinese pair, Pang Qing and Tong Jian, received silver medals.

Shen and Zhao, three-time world champions, temporarily retired from the sport in 2007 after three failed attempts to secure an Olympic title. They returned to competition in the 2009-10 season and won China's first ever Olympic gold medal in figure skating this year.

On February 17, reigning world record holder Wang Meng won China's second gold medal by retaining her title in women's 500-meter short track speed skating.