Ice dancing at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
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The medalists on the podium. From left: Meryl Davis / Charlie White (silver), Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (gold), Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (bronze)
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Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Dates | February 19 February 21 February 22 |
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Competitors | 46 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 221.57 | ||||||||||||
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Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | ||
Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | ||
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia |
The ice dancing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was held on February 19 (compulsory dance), 21 (original dance), and 22 (free dance), 2010.
The compulsory dance was held on February 19. The compulsory dance was the Tango Romantica. The original dance was held on February 21. The free dance was held on February 22, 2010.
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first ice dancers from Canada and North America to win an Olympic gold medal. They became the first former World Junior Ice dance champions to win the Olympics, and the first ice dance team to win the Olympic gold on home ice. They were also the first ice dancers to win gold on their Olympic debut since the inaugural Olympic ice dance event in 1976 and the youngest ice dance Olympic champions at 20 and 22 years of age. Isabelle Delobel competed at the Olympics with partner Olivier Schoenfelder just four-and-a-half months after giving birth.
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