Exclusive Olympic Images, Day 8

Canada finished in second place in the preliminary round of compulsory dance for mixed pairs ice dance on Friday evening. Russians Oksana Dominina and Maxim Shabalin placed first, ahead of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. In third spot were Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White.

 

In these photos, taken at the Pacific Coliseum, are Canadians Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier, as well as some of the youngest skaters in ice dance: Irina Shtork of Estonia (16) and Allison Reed of Georgia (15).

 

 

 

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See the Olympic Games day by day

HOCKEY

Day 16: Canada vs. USA (Men’s gold)

Day 14: Canada vs. USA (Women’s)

Day 11: Sweden vs. Finland (Men’s)

Day 10: Canada vs. USA (Men’s—preliminaries)

Day 7: Canada vs. Switzerland, plus Norway vs. USA (men’s)

 

SPEEDSKATING

Day 15: Men’s and women’s shorttrack, feat. Charles Hamelin

Day 13: Women’s 5,000m longtrack, feat. Clara Hughes

Day 9: Men’s 1,000m, feat. Apolo Ohno; women’s 1500m, feat. Yang Zhou

Day 5: Women’s 500m

 

SKI / SNOWBOARDING

Day 6: Men’s halfpipe, feat. Shaun White

Day 2: Women’s moguls, feat. Jennifer Heil

Day 1: Luge and ski jump

 

FIGURE SKATING

Day 12: Women’s short program, feat. Joannie Rochette

Day 8: Pairs ice dance, feat. Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier

Day 4: Pairs, feat. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo

Day 3: Practice at the new Trout Lake rink, feat. Daisuke Takahashi