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Russians Pursue Yet Another Title

By Helene Elliott

Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin are poised to extend the Olympic winning streak of Soviet or Russian pairs to 11, ranking first entering today’s finale. Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China are second, followed by Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov of Russia. U.S. champions Rena Inoue and John Baldwin of Santa Monica are sixth but within reach of a medal if they again land a throw triple axel, a difficult move only they have landed in competition.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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