Chinese pairs figure skating athletes have swirled into history book by winning silver and bronze and a 4th position at the Turin Winter Games.

Young and upcoming stars Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao were the last to compete after a perfect show by the eventual champions Russian Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin. However the 21-year-old pairs were forced to take a five-minute pause after Zhang Hao crashed heavily after a failed throw quadruple salchow.

After five minutes spent skating around the rink with her partner, testing her knee and consulting her coach, the 21-year-old returned to the contest to thrilll the crowd and complete a courageous routine.

Zhao Hongbo overcame his Achilles tendon injury to take the pairs bronze medal with partner Shen Xue Tuesday morning (Beijing Time).

"We did our best," said the 32-year-old Zhao after the competition.

The pair had missed most of the 2005- 2006 season after Zhao Hongbo suffered a broken Achilles tendon last August. On Tuesday morning, they produced a triple toeloop and double toeloop in the program to Madame Butterfly, followed by graceful triple twist and nice throw triple loop.

They also nailed a double axel and a fluent pair combination spin and backward outside death spiral.

They posted 124.59 points (62.24/62.35) in the free skate and totaled 186.91 for the bronze.

"I am very happy and very satisfied. We just had two months to prepare for the Olympics due to injury. We did everything we could, " said Shen.

"The injury hasn't fully recovered. Being here to skate makes me very happy," said Zhao.

"Zhao is the real winner. I admire the pair no matter the result," Chinese figure skating coach Yao Bin said.

Another Chinese pair Tong Qing and Pang Jian finished fourth.

中国双人花样滑冰选手们在都灵冬季奥运会中以银牌、铜牌和第四名的成绩被载入历史史册。

在最终夺冠的俄国组合托特米安妮娜和马里宁的完美表演之后，年轻的明日之星张丹和张昊成为最后有希望冲金的组合。但是，张昊在抛四周跳中严重摔伤，导致这对21岁的选手不得不暂停比赛五分钟。

和搭档环场试滑五分钟并咨询教练后，张昊在观众惊讶的注视下返回赛场并勇敢地完成了一系列动作。

北京时间周二早上，赵宏博带着跟腱伤和搭档申雪夺得铜牌。

32岁的赵宏博赛后说：“我们已经尽力了。”

从去年八月赵宏博跟腱受伤后，两人错过了2005-2006赛季的多数比赛。周二早晨，二人在《蝴蝶夫人》乐曲声中顺利完成了趾弧三转跳和趾弧二转跳，紧接着又一个漂亮的三周转和抛三周跳。

他们还完成了艾克索双转跳和一个流畅的双人组合旋转和后退外侧死亡旋转。

在自由滑比赛中，他们获得124.59分（62.24/62.35），最终以186.91的总分夺得铜牌。

申雪说：“我很开心也很满足。由于跟腱的伤，我们只准备了两个月，已经竭尽所能了。”

赵说：“我的伤还没有完全复员，能参加比赛我真的很高兴。”

中国花样滑冰教练姚滨说：“赵是真正的赢家。无论他们成绩如何，我都钦佩他们。”

庞清和佟健取得了第四名。