Volosozhar-Trankov win pairs short program at Sochi Games, set new world record score

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won pairs short program in figure skating in the 2014 Sochi Winter Games on Tuesday.

They set a new world record score, 84.17, which was 0.19 higher than the score they exhibited at the European Championship on January 17.

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