1996 Worlds Pairs SP Review | Germany's Wötzel-Steuer pull off rare coup, lead over Russian pairs

Australian coverage, remarks by Ted Barton no marks, remastered version of previous iterations (fixed stereo audio, better video source). 1996 World Figure Skating Championships (Edmonton, Canada). Pairs short program (SP) performances shown here marked with (^) below: Rank Name Nation TFP SP^ FS 1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia 2.0 2^ 1 (La Leyenda del Beso - Raul di Blasio) 2 Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer Germany 2.5 1^ 2 (No Holly for Miss Quinn - Enya) 4 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov Russia 5.5 3^ 4 (Ave Maria - Schubert) -- Associated Press extract (Published: March 20, 1996, 12:00 a.m. MST) In Tuesday's pairs short program, Germany's Mandy Wotzel and Ingo Steuer skated first, yet pulled off a rare coup by winding up on top. They were followed by three Russian pairs: Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov; Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov; and Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev. U.S. champions Jenni Meno and Todd Sand were fifth, while Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen stood eighth and Shelby Lyons and Bryan Wells were 11th. -- #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique thanks to Kim!