In this undated picture is shown Zhao Hongbo (L) gives a warm kiss to his partner and lover¹ Shen Xue after a perfect performance at the world championships final in 2006. [Photo: The First]

Figure skating world champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo have revealed they will hold a larruping wedding – walking an aisle² on ice, to mark the closure of their skating careers, 15 years long, and the start of their future life.

In an interview with The First, a Beijing-based paper, the couple, who swept six titles in a series of tournaments of the International Skating Union this year, said it’s the right time to bid farewell and send out the news of their wedding.

The couple, bronze medalists at the Turin Winter Olympics, claimed the title of the 2005-2006 ISU World Figure Skating Championships Final.

They retired³ after finishing atop the Japan leg of the ISU championships in March. The two plan to train youngster⁴ skaters in the future.