Pang and Tong lead pairs at 2009 Four Continents

The 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships continue with the pairs short program. What a tight race between China's Qing Pang and Jian Tong, who are sitting in first place with 65.60 points, and Canada's Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, who are second with 64.36 points. (That's only 1.24 points separating first and second place.) And close behind are Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang from China with 63.20 points and Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin from Canada with 62.08 points.

The pairs competition concludes tomorrow with the free skate.

Standings after the short program are below. Note: SP=Short Program and FS=Free Skate

Rank	Competitors	Nation	SP	FS	Points
1	Qing PANG / Jian TONG	CHN	65.60		65.60
2	Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON	CAN	64.36		64.36
3	Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG	CHN	63.20		63.20
4	Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN	CAN	62.08		62.08
5	Rena INOUE / John BALDWIN	USA	56.78		56.78
6	Mylene BRODEUR / John MATTATALL	CAN	55.16		55.16
7	Keauna McLAUGHLIN / Rockne BRUBAKER	USA	54.16		54.16
8	Caydee DENNEY / Jeremy BARRETT	USA	53.60		53.60
9	Huibo DONG / Yiming WU	CHN	52.40		52.40
10	Amanda SUNYOTO-YANG / Darryll SULINDRO-YANG	TPE	43.38		43.38
11	Marina AGANINA / Dmitri ZOBNIN	UZB	36.88		36.88