China's team of Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao came out of retirement in hopes of winning the elusive Olympic gold medal. On Monday night in Vancouver, they accomplished just that.

AP Photo China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo react after receiving the highest score, to win gold, for performing their pairs free program during the figure skating competition. View photo gallery ...

At their third Olympics, China's Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao finally converted bronze into gold as they won the figure skating pairs on Monday night at the Pacific Coliseum.

It's THE love story of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games: married pair skaters Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao of China have finally won gold in their fourth Olympics. You've probably heard their tale by now ...

When two-time U.S. pairs skating champion Rockne Brubaker finds himself with time to kill, he often watches one of the three videos of Chinese pairs skaters Shen Xue and Hongbo Zhao on his iPod.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, pairs figure skaters from China, did not have to be at these Olympic Games. They could be happily retired now, living together in China after ...

Did you or did you not gasp as loudly as NBC commentator Sandra Bezic when China's Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao bobbled on that lift? They finally got their gold medal, China's first in figure skating ...

Feb. 17, 2010— -- Olympic ice skating pairs proved Monday that going for the gold works better when you're not going for the jugular. Chinese figure skaters Hongbo Zhao, 36, and Xue Shen, 31 ...

Reporting from Vancouver, Canada — “Awesome,” said 1992 Olympic singles champion Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States. “Unbelievable,” said 2002 Olympic pairs champion David Pelletier ...

The 2008 Smucker’s Stars On Ice tour will be in town on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 7:00 p.m. at the Xcel Energy Center in Downtown St. Paul. The World Champion Chinese pairs skaters Xue Shen and ...

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, at the advanced ages of 31 and 36, respectively, ended the Soviet and Russian domination that had included the likes of fabled couples Ekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei ...