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Olympic figure skating: Ice dance short dance results and highlights

By Veronica Elizabeth Bruno

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 19: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete during the Figure Skating Ice Dance Short Dance on day 10 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 19, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 19: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete during the Figure Skating Ice Dance Short Dance on day 10 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 19, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a high bar, scoring a record 83.67 in the ice dance short program, beating their own previous world record.

After the short dance, there was no question who the clear favorites to win the gold medal in ice dancing were. Once Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir glided across the ice, their confidence, technical prowess, and artistic ability was shades above everyone else, placing them in first place. If they win the gold, it will be the second gold after their team performance for one of the best ice dancing duos to grace the ice. The free skate from the dominant Canadian duo — set to “Moulin Rouge” — is sure to be thrilling Monday night.

Just behind the Canadians sit the French team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who scored 81.93, in a technically precise and vivacious performance.

Americans did well during the short as well, with the reigning U.S. champions, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue outperforming the darlings of the Games, the Shibutani siblings, pulling ahead of them by a hair’s breathe of .02. The third U.S. team placed seventh.

With the thrilling performance Virtue and Moir gave in the short, it’s likely that the Canadian ice dance team will secure their second gold, which they can add to the two golds and two silvers the highly decorated duo already possesses.

The rest of the standings were as follows:

Ice Dance Standings

  1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) – 83.67
  2. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) – 81.93
  3. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (USA) – 77.75
  4. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) – 77.73
  5. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) – 76.57
  6. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (OAR) – 75.47
  7. Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) – 75.45
  8. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) – 74.33
  9. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) – 69.60
  10. 10. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland (GBR) – 68.36

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