Knierim, Frazier Win Pairs Gold Medal

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Published on March 25 2022 6:12 am
Last Updated on March 25 2022 6:13 am

American figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier won the pairs gold medal at the world championships Thursday, the first Americans to do so since 1979. However, there is a big asterisk.

The top five pairs from last month’s Beijing Winter Olympics weren’t there,  with the Russian pairs teams who placed second, third and fourth banned because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the Chinese pairs teams who finished first and fifth not there because China chose not to send its skaters. Knierim and Frazier finished sixth at the Olympics.