 The pair decided to fly in early for the World Championships and landed in Tokyo three hours before the earthquake.The event was rescheduled and moved to Moscow.At the 2011 Worlds, Volosozhar/Trankov placed third in the short program, second in the free skate, and won the silver medal behind 2008–09 champions Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy and ahead of the defending champions, Qing Pang / Jian Tong.