At the 2006 Olympics Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won a silver medal, the highest placement of any American team in the history of Olympic ice dancing. They were also the first American ice dancers to win an Olympic medal in 30 years.
Now four years later there is the possibility that they will not win any medal. After the compulsory dance and the original dance, Canadians Virtue and Moir have the lead; Americans White and Davis are 2.5 points out of first; Russians Domnina and Shabalin 4.55 points out; and Tanith and Ben 7.82 points out.
Meryl White and Charlie Davis just skated sublimely with a personal best. It was also the highest free dance score this season. The commentator on Eurosport called it the best free dance he has ever seen. I wonder if that includes Torvill and Dean.
Now the Canadians Virtue and Moir. Another unbelievable skate! Into first place.
Tanith and Ben skate cleanly but the program just didn’t have the impact of the Canadians’ or the other Americans’. Into third.
And the Russians begin. Trying not be biased but it doesn’t seem to be a gold medal performance. Eurosport says, “That it is no way good enough.”
But is it good enough to bump Tanith and Ben.? Yes, it is.
For the first time in Olympic history Canada takes the gold!
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