HELSINKI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Peng Cheng and Jin Yang took the gold of the pairs at Finlandia Trophy International Figure Skating Competition in Espoo, Finland on Saturday with a total score of 198.03 points.

Italian Nicole Delia Monica and Matteo Guarise, the 2016 national champions, got the silver medal with 193.50 points, and the bronze medal went to Russian Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, the silver medalists at Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, with 184.78 points.

The annual event, part of the ISU Challenger Series, kicked off on Friday and will continue until Sunday at Metro Arena in Espoo, southern Finland.