Best Olympic Bronze medal performance (pick 2)by a Pair

[Vash01]

A bronze medal can sometimes feel like a disappointment, but there have been some pretty good bronze medal performances in the Olympics.

I was surprised to see that three pairs won back to back bronze medals in the Olympics. Shen/Zhao followed that with an OGM. Savchenko followed it with an OGM with another partner.

Please pick 2 performances for this poll.

 

[briancoogaert]

Savchenko & Szolkowy in 2010. What a program. They skated it perfectly at 2009 Skate Canada, it was so magical.

 

[tony]

Savchenko & Szolkowy in 2010. What a program. They skated it perfectly at 2009 Skate Canada, it was so magical.

And remember, it was only a week (or maybe two) old at that point IIRC!

 

[Vash01]

I am happy to see Selezneva Makarov get votes.

I saw Shen & Zhao's 2002 performance live in Salt Lake City. It was a bronze or gold type situation. Had Shen landed the throw quad salchow, it would have been a gold. She landed it for a fraction of a second but then went down Without holding the landing. I feel this performance was stronger than their performances in 2006 (should have been silver) and even 2010 (Gold). Injuries cost them consistency.

 

[caseyedwards]

I mean most of those are teams skating down to bronze from their highest level. An exception to that is D/R Being fair and honest but voting for that team! Lol no

 

[blue_idealist]

I am happy to see Selezneva Makarov get votes.

I saw Shen & Zhao's 2002 performance live in Salt Lake City. It was a bronze or gold type situation. Had Shen landed the throw quad salchow, it would have been a gold. She landed it for a fraction of a second but then went down Without holding the landing. I feel this performance was stronger than their performances in 2006 (should have been silver) and even 2010 (Gold). Injuries cost them consistency.

I agree about S/Z in 2002. I wonder what would have happened if they'd won the short. I watched all three short programs and it could've actually gone that way.

My second choice was B/E in 1994. That likely would've been higher in any year without returning pros. Their '92 LP wasn't their best.