Vanessa James Places 12th at Worlds

Bermudian/French figure skater Vanessa James and partner Yannick Bohuer placed 12th overall at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy.

After their short performance on Tues they were in 10th place, and a 13th place in the Wed short program resulted in the couple placing 12th overall. You can view a video of their short routine here.

The Chinese duo of Qing Pang and Jian Tong, who have competed together for 17 years, led after Tuesday’s short programme and performed their free skate to “Impossible Dream” by Joe Hisaishi to win the gold medal. They finished a comfortable 6.65 points ahead of two-time defending champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany. Russians Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov won the bronze.

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Full 2010 World Figure Skating Championships Pairs Results:

1. Qing Pang / Jian Tong
2. Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
3. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
4. Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov
5. Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang
6. Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison
7. Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett
8. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
9. Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
10. Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay
11. Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek
12. Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur
13. Anais Morand / Antoine Dorsaz
14. Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende
15. Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruscinski
16. Stacey Kemp / David King
17. Huibo Dong / Yiming Wu
18. Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov
19. Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk
20. Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang
21. Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris
22. Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan
23. Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski
24. Gabriela Cermanova / Martin Hanulak
25. Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski

Photos: Day 1 Short Program
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Vanessa, along with twin sister Melyssa, lived in Bermuda as a child and attended Mount Saint Agnes Academy. Their father is Bermudian Kevin James, and they are the grandaughters of Devonshire residents Carlton and Ethlyn James.

The history making skater is the first black woman to win the British National Championships, and along with partner Yannick, became the first black couple to ever compete in Olympic pairs skating at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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