Russian skaters Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov claimed first place in the pairs short program of the team figure skating event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Friday.

The pair, representing Olympic Athletes from Russia(OAR), were the final skaters to take to the ice at the Gangneung Ice Arena but they put on a near-flawless performance to take first place with a score of 80-point-92.  

Canadian duo Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford came in second, while the German team took the third spot. The South Korean pair of Kim Kyu-eun and Kam Kang-chan finished last. 

Earlier Friday, Japan’s Shoma Uno topped the rankings of the men’s single skating short program, with Alexei Bychenko of Israel in second. 

Following the completion of day one of the team event, Team Canada is in the lead followed by the United States and Japan.