*Last night was the free dance for the Ice Dancing competition. There was a lot of talk about the creativity of the lifts since the couples are restricted with how high they can lift; something about the woman's waist being only so high, but I never caught the actual rule. I was pulling for the American duo of Davis/White to leap ahead and take the Gold; they were in 2nd place going into the free dance. Hey, it would have been another American Gold in the medal count. In other words, patriotism was the reason I watched.
I was pleasantly surprised, however. I didn't like every couple's program. But Davis/White and Virtue/Moir, the Canadians, who ended up with the Gold, skated beautifully. Both programs really were like dances. For a short time, there was a question if the Canadians could pull it off with all the pressure on them - home ice and everything - but they made no mistakes. And frankly, they did have the better routine, as much as I didn't want to admit it.
The Russian couple with the offensive folk program took the bronze, edging out the other American duo, Silver Medalists from Torino, Belbin/Agosto. They used ropes from their costumes to assist them with lifts and transitions. I think that is flat out cheating, but apparently there isn't a rule against it. Come on skating judges, let's get on that. To top it off, those ropes were gone from their costumes during the medal ceremony. I guess they weren't really part of their costume in the first place!
However, Davis/White took Silver, which was great. They are also best friends and training partners with Virtue/Moir, and they were genuinely happy for each other at the podium. Next time, though, I hope Davis/White take them down.
*This image is from the NY Daily News website.
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