NEW YORK (AP)—Ice dancing once was the ugly stepchild of figure skating, so scorned that there was discussion of dropping it from the Olympics.
Now, particularly after the sensational showings by the Canadians and Americans at the Vancouver Games, skating fans are clamoring for more.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White are ready to give it to them.
Vancouver (AFP) - Joannie Rochette thanked the public for their support in a gala finale which featured gold medallists Kim Yu-Na and Evan Lysacek and brought the curtain down on two weeks of Olympic figure skating on Saturday.
Rochette, 24, skated a Celine Dion-themed tribute "Vole (Flight)" for her mother Thérèse who died just days before her bronze place finish in Vancouver.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Even before the Olympic flame is extinguished in downtown Vancouver, the inquisition had started into what went wrong for European figure skating at the 2010 Winter Games.
SportsThe continent, largely thanks to Russia and the Soviet Union, had dominated Olympic ice rinks from Innsbruck to Calgary and Albertville to Salt Lake City to bag 37 of 46 golds handed out since 1964.
In 2006 Russia came tantalizing close to becoming the first nation to sweep the board but had to settle for taking three golds after a slip-up by Irina Slutskaya allowed Shizuka Arakawa of Japan to nab the top prize in the women's competition.
VANCOUVER (AP) -- A seismic shift in figure skating power hit the Vancouver Olympics. Asia, led by the phenomenal Kim Yu-na, and North America are in. Europe, particularly Russia, is out.
Kim's record performance will be a YouTube staple for years. Evan Lysacek's gold medal, the first for an American man since 1988, showed what an insatiable work ethic can achieve.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Even before the Olympic flame is extinguished in downtown Vancouver, the inquisition had started into what went wrong for European figure skating at the 2010 Winter Games.
SportsThe continent, largely thanks to Russia and the Soviet Union, had dominated Olympic ice rinks from Innsbruck to Calgary and Albertville to Salt Lake City to bag 37 of 46 golds handed out since 1964.
In 2006 Russia came tantalizing close to becoming the first nation to sweep the board but had to settle for taking three golds after a slip-up by Irina Slutskaya allowed Shizuka Arakawa of Japan to nab the top prize in the women's competition.
Vancouver (AFP) - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir may have sizzled on the ice but the pair poured cold water on talk of romance the day after sealing Canada's first Olympic ice dancing title.
The couple captivated the nation as they glided across the ice to the haunting music of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 for their free dance on Monday night.
Vancouver (AFP) - Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir danced their way into history on Monday when they became the first North American couple as well as the youngest ever Olympic figure skating ice dancing champions.
The pair from Ontario took gold ahead of Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States as world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia took bronze after the free dance final at the Pacific Coliseum.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir had roaring home fans leaping to their feet after ending 34 years of European domination to win the Olympic ice dance gold medal on Monday.
SportsVirtue and Moir's stirring performance to Mahler's Symphony No. 5 raised the domed roof at the Pacific Coliseum after they were awarded a combined total of 221.57 points.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won Canada’s first Olympic ice dance gold medal, beating Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the Vancouver Games.
World champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia won the bronze.
Vancouver (AFP) - Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir surged to the Olympic ice dancing lead as world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin's controversial Aboriginal-themed original dance failed to impress in Vancouver.
A dramatic Spanish Flamenco allowed Virtue and Moir to overtake the Russians who had been leading after the compulsory dance, with the three-time Canadian champions scoring 68.41 points for the programme and 111.15 overall.
