Two-time world champions Sui and Han of China hope to bring home Olympic gold in figure skating crescendo

For Olympic host China, they've saved the best for last.

For the first time in over 60 years - since Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 - the pair figure skating discipline is being staged as the final of the four skating events at an Olympic Games.

Two-time world champion pairs team and PyeongChang 2018 silver medallists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong have a lot to do with that, as the Chinese duo aim to close the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 with a golden gift: An Olympic title in front of their nation.

They will have challengers, however. Namely three duos from the ROC, led by reigning world champions Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, who have had a golden season leading into the Games - winning both of their Grand Prix stops, a national title and the European Championships last month.

Three-time world medallists Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are also a team to watch from the ROC, as are Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii, the 2020 European champions.

Yet the showdown could come down to the top two teams, as Mishina/Galliamov are the overall score world record holders, while Sui/Han set a new best-ever mark in the short program during last week's team event.

The goal is clear for the home team, too: Winning the Olympic gold.

"Regarding the goal, we want to reach the top (of the podium)," Sui told Olympics.com in Mandarin in November. "But we will pay more attention to details because there is a saying that details determine success or failure."

Pair skating is the sport's high-flying discipline, with teams performing side-by-side jumps, throw jumps, speedy lifts and overhead twists that most wouldn't dare to do - even on dry land.

Sui/Han won world titles in 2017 and 2019, and have returned to their beloved "Bridge