Italy's Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes are the new World Open Pairs Champions. As the final session reached its climax they overturned the seemingly insurmountable lead built up by Zia Mahmood and Michael Rosenberg.

Some sporting legends are famous because of what they did not achieve. Ken Rosewall couldn't win Wimbledon, Ted Williams never captured the World Series and Stirling Moss didn't become World Motor Racing Champion. Everyone hopes that Zia will eventually secure the World Championship he clearly deserves. Meanwhile another great showman, Brazil's Gabriel Chagas alongside Diego Brenner finished third.

It was Karen McCallum, she also won in 1990 with Kerri Sanborn, and Debbie Rosenberg, who is already planning her new book My Life with Michael, who captured gold in the Women's Pairs, followed by Anne-Frederique Levy and Blandine de Heredia who took silver for France with Kerri Sanborn and Irina Levitina finishing third.