Asahikawa, JAPAN - 2000 NHK Trophy, Figure Skating, Pairs' Short Program - Commentators were Terry Gannon and Peter Carruthers.
SKATING ORDER:

RESULTS:
Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo China 2.0 2 1
2 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis France 3.5 3 2
3 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Russia 3.5 1 3
4 Pang Qing / Tong Jian China 6.0 4 4
5 Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino Canada 8.0 6 5
6 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell United States 8.5 5 6
7 Viktoria Shliakhova / Grigori Petrovski Russia 10.5 7 7
WD Inga Rodionova / Andrei Kroukov Azerbaijan