I was watching day 1 of the Torino winter olympics 2006, starting with the pairs figure skating short program, and I was highly impressed by the Chinese team Dan Zhang (??) & Hao Zhang (??). They were more daring and powerful than all the other pairs teams, I thought, and skated with technical perfection and passion. The danced and skated to an instrumental version of Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, and go on to win the Silver in pairs:

Zhang Dan before the pairs event

Zhang Hao before the pairs event

Their first trick was a long lift and spin, often on just one hand

Their second major piece, a throw triple loop

Another random moment on the ice

It’s from beautifully rendered moments like this one, where the skaters intersection, that you fall in love with ? and ?. Read more at Wikipedia: Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao.

2 Responses to “Zhang and Zhang”

1. real1 says:

   3/2/2006 at 8:49 am

   Amazing Pictures !

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2. David Kaspar says:

   3/2/2006 at 10:44 am

   I was in Torino last week. I have some photos in case you are interested

   http://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2006/03/torino-2006-olympic-figure-skating-photographs.php

   Wasn’t it Zhang Dan that fell real bad but ended up getting silver?

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