Sochi Olympic figure skating results: United States finishes first in short dance ice dance

Three team figure skating events are in the books, and the United States is shooting back toward the top of the standings.

After Meryl Davis and Charlie White had the top score during the team ice dance short dance event, they secured 10 points in the standings for the United States, putting the team in third place overall.

Russia still leads in team figure skating thanks to a third place finish from Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev. Canada rounded out the top three in the short dance with a second place finish. The Canadians are also in second place overall.

The stars of the morning figure skating session were the Germans, however. Look at this interpretation of Paris Hilton and the nerdy processor by Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi.

Here are the full results from the short dance this morning with updated team standings below.

Short Dance

1. United States - Meryl Davis and Charlie White (75.98)

2. Canada - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (72.98)

3. Russia - Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev (70.27)

4. France - Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat (69.15)

5. Italy - Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte (64.92)

6. Germany - Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi (58.04)

7. Great Britain - Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland (52.93)

8. Japan - Cathy Reed and Chris Reed (52.00)

9. Ukraine - Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Dmitri Dun (49.19)

10. China - Xintong Huang and Xun Zheng (47.88)

Women’s Short Program

1. Russia - Yulia Lipnitskaya (72.90)

2. Italy - Carolina Kostner (70.84)

3. Japan - Mao Asada (64.07)

4. United States - Ashley Wagner (63.10)

5. Canada - Kaetlyn Osmond (62.54)

6. France - Mae Berenice Meite (55.45)

7. China - Kexin Zhang (54.58)

8. Ukraine - Natalia Popova (53.44)

9. Germany - Nathalie Weinzierl (52.16)

10. Great Britain - Jenna McCorkell (50.09)

Team Free program pairs

1. Russia - Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (135.09)

2. Canada - Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch (129.74)

3. Italy - Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek (120.82)

4. United States - Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir (117.94)

5. Japan - Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara (86.33)

Updated Team Standings

1. Russia (47)

2. Canada (41)

3. United States (34)

4. Italy (31)

5. Japan (30)

6. France (22)

7. China (20)

8. Germany (17)

9. Ukraine (10)

10. Great Britain (8)

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