Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have a good chance of winning a medal on home soil. The pair took silver at last year's world championship.
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Olympic Contenders: Ice dance
- February 19, 2010 12:51 AM |
- By Erin Valois
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The ice dance compulsory program gets under way on Friday night at 7:15 p.m. ET. Here is a look at the competition:
The Contenders
Controversial routine aside, Russia's Oksana Dominina and Maxim Shabalin will be a viable gold medal threat in ice dancing. The pair offended Australian Aborigines with their theme at the European championships and have not said if they changed the routine for the Olympics.
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White that could edge the European champions. Davis and White have been strong in international competition this season.
The Top Five (ISU Rankings)
1. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, RUS
2. Meryl Davis and Charlie White, US
3. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, CAN
4. Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, US
5. Sinead Kerr and John Kerr, GBR
Canadian Medal Hopes
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have a good chance of winning a medal on home soil. The pair took silver at last year's world championship.
The Dark Horse
Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the U.S. could come out of the woodwork to challenge their fellow countrymen for a spot on the podium. Belbin is a native of Canada, but became a dual citizen when she could not find a partner in her home country and went to train in Detroit.
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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