Figure Skating 2006/Ice dancing

Ice dancing
General information
Sport	Figure Skating 2006
Date	17-20 February 2006
Competitors	24 pairs
Venue	Palavela
Previous medalists
Gold	Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat
Silver	Ilia Averbukh Irina Lobacheva
Bronze	Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio
Medalists
	Roman Kostomarov Tatiana Navka
	Benjamin Agosto Tanith Belbin
	Ruslan Goncharov Elena Grushina

The ice dancing of Figure Skating 2006 during the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on 17-20 February 2006 in the Palavela. With 24 pairs competing, the event was won by Roman Kostomarov and Tatiana Navka from Russia, with Benjamin Agosto and Tanith Belbin from United States taking the silver medal and Ruslan Goncharov and Elena Grushina from Ukraine taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of three separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of around 58 seconds, after which all pairs perform another routine of around 2:30 minutes. The third performance is a free dance of around 4:00, in which all pairs perform again. The pair with the best score after three rounds is the winner.

Preview

Twenty-four pairs qualified for the event with the pair of Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov as the big favorites, after winning the world championships as well as the Grand Prix finals in the previous year, despite the latter tournament following a new competition format with only two performances. Behind the Russians, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto took silver at the world championships, with Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov taking a close bronze medal, just in front of Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder. However, the differences behind the American silver medalists were very small, with Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon taking a close bronze medal at the Grand Prix finals. Other medal contenders included Albena Denkova/Maxim Staviski, Galit Chait/Sergei Sakhnovski, Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin, and defending bronze medalists Barbara Fusar Poli/Maurizio Margaglio.

Athlete 1	Athlete 2	Nationality
Anastasia Grebenkina	Vazgen Azrojan	Armenia
Margarita Drobiazko	Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania
Jamie Silverstein	Ryan O'Meara	United States
Melissa Gregory	Denis Petukhov	United States
Kristin Fraser	Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan
Oksana Domnina	Maxim Shabalin	Russia
Alexandra Kauc	Michal Zych	Poland
Nozomi Watanabe	Akiyuki Kido	Japan
Elena Grushina	Ruslan Goncharov	Ukraine
Federica Faiella	Massimo Scali	Italy
Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	Russia
Tanith Belbin	Benjamin Agosto	United States
Jana Khokhlova	Sergei Novitski	Russia
Alexandra Zaretski	Roman Zaretski	Israel
Julia Golovina	Oleg Voiko	Ukraine
Albena Denkova	Maxim Staviski	Bulgaria
Megan Wing	Aaron Lowe	Canada
Sinead Kerr	John Kerr	Great Britain
Barbara Fusar Poli	Maurizio Margaglio	Italy
Marie-France Dubreuil	Patrice Lauzon	Canada
Isabelle Delobel	Olivier Schoenfelder	France
Galit Chait	Sergei Sakhnovski	Israel
Nora Hoffmann	Attila Elek	Hungary
Nathalie Pechalat	Fabian Bourzat	France

Summary

Compulsory Dance

Compulsory Dance Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Score
1		Barbara Fusar Poli	Maurizio Margaglio	38.78
2		Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	38.20
3		Albena Denkova	Maxim Staviski	37.65
4		Marie-France Dubreuil	Patrice Lauzon	37.44
5		Elena Grushina	Ruslan Goncharov	37.39
6		Tanith Belbin	Benjamin Agosto	37.36
7		Isabelle Delobel	Olivier Schoenfelder	36.44
8		Margarita Drobiazko	Povilas Vanagas	35.23
9		Oksana Domnina	Maxim Shabalin	33.37
10		Federica Faiella	Massimo Scali	33.20
11		Sinead Kerr	John Kerr	31.58
12		Megan Wing	Aaron Lowe	31.42
13		Galit Chait	Sergei Sakhnovski	31.07
14		Jana Khokhlova	Sergei Novitski	30.90
15		Melissa Gregory	Denis Petukhov	30.51
16		Nathalie Pechalat	Fabian Bourzat	28.59
17		Nozomi Watanabe	Akiyuki Kido	27.95
18		Jamie Silverstein	Ryan O'Meara	27.53
19		Nora Hoffman	Attila Elek	27.53
20		Kristin Fraser	Igor Lukanin	27.27
21		Alexandra Kauc	Michal Zych	24.93
22		Anastasia Grebenkina	Vazgen Azrojan	24.28
23		Julia Golovina	Oleg Voiko	23.88
24		Alexandra Zaretski	Roman Zaretski	23.51

Original Dance

Original Dance Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Score
1		Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	61.07
2		Tanith Belbin	Benjamin Agosto	60.53
3		Elena Grushina	Ruslan Goncharov	59.29
4		Isabelle Delobel	Olivier Schoenfelder	58.34
5		Albena Denkova	Maxim Staviski	55.85
6		Galit Chait	Sergei Sakhnovski	55.65
7		Marie-France Dubreuil	Patrice Lauzon	54.36
8		Margarita Drobiazko	Povilas Vanagas	52.79
9		Oksana Domnina	Maxim Shabalin	52.36
10		Barbara Fusar Poli	Maurizio Margaglio	51.73
11		Sinead Kerr	John Kerr	50.28
12		Megan Wing	Aaron Lowe	49.17
13		Jana Khokhlova	Sergei Novitski	47.15
14		Melissa Gregory	Denis Petukhov	47.00
15		Nozomi Watanabe	Akiyuki Kido	46.59
16		Jamie Silverstein	Ryan O'Meara	46.00
17		Nathalie Pechalat	Fabian Bourzat	44.07
18		Nora Hoffman	Attila Elek	44.04
19		Kristin Fraser	Igor Lukanin	43.83
20		Anastasia Grebenkina	Vazgen Azrojan	43.83
21		Federica Faiella	Massimo Scali	43.25
22		Alexandra Kauc	Michal Zych	42.06
23		Alexandra Zaretski	Roman Zaretski	41.21
24		Julia Golovina	Oleg Voiko	39.92

Free Dance

Free Dance Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Score
1		Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	101.37
2		Isabelle Delobel	Olivier Schoenfelder	99.50
3		Elena Grushina	Ruslan Goncharov	99.17
4		Tanith Belbin	Benjamin Agosto	98.17
5		Albena Denkova	Maxim Staviski	96.03
6		Margarita Drobiazko	Povilas Vanagas	95.19
7		Galit Chait	Sergei Sakhnovski	94.44
8		Barbara Fusar Poli	Maurizio Margaglio	92.95
9		Oksana Domnina	Maxim Shabalin	88.03
10		Federica Faiella	Massimo Scali	87.92
11		Jana Khokhlova	Sergei Novitski	86.43
12		Megan Wing	Aaron Lowe	85.81
13		Sinead Kerr	John Kerr	85.57
14		Melissa Gregory	Denis Petukhov	81.64
15		Nozomi Watanabe	Akiyuki Kido	78.87
16		Nora Hoffman	Attila Elek	77.90
17		Kristin Fraser	Igor Lukanin	77.14
18		Jamie Silverstein	Ryan O'Meara	76.87
19		Nathalie Pechalat	Fabian Bourzat	76.65
20		Alexandra Zaretski	Roman Zaretski	71.08
21		Anastasia Grebenkina	Vazgen Azrojan	69.88
22		Alexandra Kauc	Michal Zych	69.61
23		Julia Golovina	Oleg Voiko	64.69
-		Marie-France Dubreuil	Patrice Lauzon	DNS

Results

Result	Athletes		Nationality	Score
	Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	Russia	200.64
	Tanith Belbin	Benjamin Agosto	United States	196.06
	Elena Grushina	Ruslan Goncharov	Ukraine	195.85
4	Isabelle Delobel	Olivier Schoenfelder	France	194.28
5	Albena Denkova	Maxim Staviski	Bulgaria	189.53
6	Barbara Fusar Poli	Maurizio Margaglio	Italy	183.46
7	Margarita Drobiazko	Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	183.21
8	Galit Chait	Sergei Sakhnovski	Israel	181.16
9	Oksana Domnina	Maxim Shabalin	Russia	173.76
10	Sinead Kerr	John Kerr	Great Britain	167.43
11	Megan Wing	Aaron Lowe	Canada	166.40
12	Jana Khokhlova	Sergei Novitski	Russia	164.48
13	Federica Faiella	Massimo Scali	Italy	164.37
14	Melissa Gregory	Denis Petukhov	United States	159.15
15	Nozomi Watanabe	Akiyuki Kido	Japan	153.41
16	Jamie Silverstein	Ryan O'Meara	United States	150.40
17	Nora Hoffmann	Attila Elek	Hungary	149.47
18	Nathalie Pechalat	Fabian Bourzat	France	149.31
19	Kristin Fraser	Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	148.24
20	Anastasia Grebenkina	Vazgen Azrojan	Armenia	137.99
21	Alexandra Kauc	Michal Zych	Poland	136.60
22	Alexandra Zaretski	Roman Zaretski	Israel	135.80
23	Julia Golovina	Oleg Voiko	Ukraine	128.49
24	Marie-France Dubreuil	Patrice Lauzon	Canada	91.80