It was an exciting night of ice dancing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, with the short program that saw three pairs from the United States place within the top 10. The top 20 qualified for the free skate on Monday evening, and while the U.S. is doing extremely well, they have their work cut out for them as all three pairs trail Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue of Canada as well as Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis of France.
Olympic figure skating results 2018: Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue on top after short dance
Alex and Maia Shibutani are one of three United States teams who placed in the top 10, finishing fourth going into the free dance on Monday.
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Our live results for the free dance can be found here.
Alex Shibutani and Maia Shibutani had an excellent short program, scoring a 77.73, which put them in fourth place going into the free dance. They actually finished behind the other U.S. team of Zachary Donohue and Madison Hubbell, who scored a 77.75. Evan Bates and Madison Chock, the third U.S. team, finished in seventh with a score of 75.45.
Moir and Virtue had a score of 83.67, breaking a world record that they themselves set.
Below you can find the full standings as well as the full live blog from the night of figure skating.
Standings
1. Scott Moir/Tessa Virtue (CAN) 83.67
2. Guillaume Cizeron/Gabriella Papadakis (FRA) 81.93
3. Zachary Donohue/Madison Hubbell (USA) 77.75
4. Alex Shibutani/Maia Shibutani (USA) 77.73
5. Luca Lanotte/Anna Cappellini (ITA) 76.57
6. Dmitri Soloviev/Ekaterina Bobrova (OAR) 75.47
7. Evan Bates/Madison Chock (USA) 75.45
8. Andrew Poje/Kaitlyn Weaver (CAN) 74.33
9. Paul Poirier/Piper Gilles (CAN) 69.60
10. Nicholas Buckland/Penny Coomes (GBR) 68.36
11. Marco Fabbri/Charlene Guignard (ITA) 68.16
12. Kirill Khaliavin/Sara Hurtado (ESP) 66.93
13. Jonathan Guerreiro/Tiffani Zagorski (OAR) 66.47
14. Maksym Spodyriev/Natalia Kaliszek (POL) 66.06
15. Chris Reed/Kana Muramoto (JPN) 63.41
16. Alexander Gamelin/Yura Min (KOR) 61.22
17. Joti Polizoakis/Kavita Lorenz (GER) 59.99
18. Romain Le Gac/Marie-Jade Lauriault (FRA) 59.97
19. Lukas Csolley/Lucie Mysliveckova (SVK) 59.75
20. Alper Ucar/AlisaAgafonova (TUR) 59.42
21. Maxim Nikittin/Alexandra Nazarova (UKR) 57.97
22. Xinyu Liu/Shiyue Wang (CHN) 57.81
23. Cortney Mansourova/Michael Ceska (CZE) 53.53
24. Ronald Zilberberg/Adel Tankova (ISR) 46.66
Ice dance short dance live results, third and fourth groups
Alex Shibutani and Maia Shibutani of the United States are in the third group, as are Evan Bates and Madison Chock, also of the U.S. First up for the third group is Marco Fabbri and Charlene Guignard of Italy, who have a season best of 71.78. They scored a 68.16 to move into second place, thanks to a 34.19 technical score.
Up next is Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles of Canada, who have a season best of 69.67. They finished just short of that best, with a score of 69.60, placing them in first with Andrew Poje and Kaitlyn Weaver, also from Canada, up next. They have a season best of 77.47, and scored a 74.33, to take over first place and setting up a 1-2 for Canada. The Shib sibs are up next.
And it was a fantastic, energetic performance that had the crowd cheering. They finished with a score of 77.73, short of their season best of 79.18, but good for first place. Their technical score was 40.33, with a 37.40 in presentation.
Fellow Americans Evan Bates and Madison Chock were up next, with a 74.36 season best. They eclipsed that with a 75.45, moving into second place going into the fourth and final group of the qualification!
The gold medal favorites, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada are the first to go in the final group. Their season best — a world record — is 82.68. And now it’s 83.67, a new world record, and first place.
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France are next. Their season best of 82.07 will be hard to top, but they want to answer to Virtue and Moir. They managed an 81.93, in second place behind Virtue and Moir. The American team of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue is up next. They scored a 77.75, placing them in third, ahead of the Shib sibs.
Dmitri Soloviev and Ekaterina Bobrova were the penultimate team, hoping to surpass a season best of 76.33. They scored a 75.47, putting them in fifth place with one team to go. Luca Lanotte Anna Cappelli of Italy came on, with a season best of 75.87. They beat that, with a 76.57, for fifth place to close out the first part of the ice dancing competition.
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Ice dance short dance live results, first two groups
The United States team of Alex Shibutani and Maia Shibutani is slated to go 18th in the order, followed by the U.S. team of Evan Bates and Madison Chock. At No. 22, Zachary Donohue and Madison Hubbell, the final U.S. pair, will hit the ice. There are 24 entrants in total.
The first pairing up is Michal Ceska and Cortney Mansorova of Czech Republic, dancing to a samba, rhumba, samba. Their technical score was a 29.11, and their overall score was a 53.53, short of their season’s best of 54.94. Up next is Maxim Nikittin and Alexandra Nazarova of Ukraine.
Skating to the rhumba and mambo and with a season best of 63.33, Nikittin and Nazarova had a lively start. The 2015 World Championships bronze medalists had a technical score of 27.26 and finished with a 57.97, taking over first place. Up next is the par of Joti Polizoakis and Kavita Lorenz.
They had a great routine, with a technical score of 31.39, and took over first place with a score of 59.99, taking over first. The score seemed somewhat low given the high technical score. Israel’s Ronald Zilberberg and Adel Tankova were next, scoring a 46.66, which put them in fourth, but was also their season’s best in their first ever Olympics.
After a warmup period, the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) pair of Jonathan Guerreiro and Tiffani Zagorski kicked off the second group. They had an excellent technical score, 34.15, and had a total score of 66.47, taking first place. Next was the French team of Romain Le Gac and Marie-Jade Lauriault, and they scored a 59.97, taking third place.
The team of Kirill Khaliavin and Sara Hurtado from Spain came up seventh, and they knocked it out of the park with a score of 66.93, and a technical score of 35.07. They took over first place with the routine. Alper Ucar and Alisa Agafonova of Turkey are up next. They scored a 59.42, which put them fifth overall.
With a season best of 71.79, the British pairing of Nicholas Buckland and Penny Coomes had high expectations. They came up ninth in the order and scored a 68.36, good for first place.
Another break for warmups for the next group of competitors, and Xinyu Liu and Shiyue Wang of China hit the ice. They took a costume deduction when they lost part of an outfit on the ice, and had a score of 57.81, which slotted them in eighth. The Slovakia team of Lukas Csolley and Lucie Mysliveckova was next, and they scored a 59.75, good for sixth.
The Korean team of Alexander Gamelin and Yura Min had a great program, and made it into fourth place, well within qualifying range, with a score of 61.22. Maksym Spodyriev and Natalia Kaliszek of Poland were next, and they moved up into fourth with a score of 66.06. Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed of Japan closed ou this group by taking over fifth place with a 63.41.
Before the event
The United States fell short of expectations in the men’s individual figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics. They did not get a medal, but in the team event they managed to earn a bronze. Things now turn to ice dancing, where the short program will be held on Sunday evening and broadcast by NBC beginning at 8 p.m. ET, with live streaming available via NBC Olympics (enhanced, non-enhanced) or FuboTV (NBC simulcast).
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani are the team to watch for the U.S., though they have three pairings entering the competition, and all three can count themselves among the top five or six teams in the world, so multiple medals out of the event is possible.
The country should fare much better than they did in the men’s event, and it starts with the “Shib sibs,” who have a bronze in PyeongChang from the aforementioned team event.
Maia and Alex are set for 18th in the short program order. Right after them is the American team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The third and final U.S. team is Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, who will start 22nd out of 24 pairings.
The medals won’t be handed out until the second part of the ice dancing competition, the free skate, which will be held on Monday evening. But we’re going to have full live results of the short program on Sunday, as the scores from both will determine the eventual podium finishers.
The other teams to keep an eye on are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, as well as Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France. Below is all you need to know to watch on Sunday, while live results will be added to the top of this article when the event gets underway.
How to watch figure skating on Sunday
Date: Feb. 18, 2018
Event: Ice dance short program
TV: NBC
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET (primetime coverage block), 8 p.m. ET (ice dance beginning)
Online Streaming: NBC Olympics (enhanced, non-enhanced) | FuboTV
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