Complex sentence: 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.
Split into simpler sentences: At the 2011 Worlds, Volosozhar/Trankov finished third in the short program. They were second in the free skate to win the silver medal, behind 2008--2009 champions Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy and ahead of the defending champions, Qing Pang/Jian Tong.