Oksana Domnina

Japan takes men's and women's titles, Canada dance and China pairs at post-Olympic worlds. Olympic champion Kim Yu-na couldn't wait for it to be over.

A passionate Spanish Flamenco kept Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's dream of following their Olympic gold with the world title on track Thursday as they held their lead after the original dance at the world figure skating championships here.

A passionate Spanish Flamenco kept Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's dream of following their Olympic gold with the world title on track Thursday as they held their lead after the original dance at the world figure skating championships here.

Olympic ice dancing champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were on course to add the world crown to their trophy cabinet here on Tuesday after taking the lead after the opening compulsory dance at the world figure skating championships.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A young pair of ice dancers lifted the host country out of its Winter Olympic gloom with a golden performance Monday just as Canadians were questioning their team's medal-winning capability.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A young pair of ice dancers lifted the host country out of its Winter Olympic gloom with a golden performance Monday just as Canadians were questioning their team's medal-winning capability.

For Canadian ice dance pair, celebrating Olympic gold with crowd is like `our Stanley Cup'. Scott Moir would have gone to sleep on the Olympic rings in the middle of the Pacific Coliseum ice if they'd let him, clutching his gold medal.

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir danced their way into history on Monday when they became the first North American couple as well as the youngest ever Olympic figure skating ice dancing champions.

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the Olympic Games ice dancing gold to help rescue national pride which was so badly bruised by the country's hockey team's shock defeat to America 24 hours earlier.

Canada's Virtue-Moir win ice dance, followed by Americans Davis-White. Long after the event ended and the arena had emptied, Scott Moir stole back onto the ice. Clutching his gold medal in one hand, he knelt down and kissed the Olympic rings at center ice.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian best friends Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir had roaring home fans leaping to their feet after ending 34 years of European domination to win the Olympic ice dance gold medal on Monday.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the Olympic Games figure skating ice dancing gold to help rescue national pride which was so badly bruised by the country's hockey team's shock defeat to America 24 hours earlier.

Austria, Germany and Norway added more gold to their treasure chests while Canada set its sights on the ice dance title as the hosts came to terms with their stunning hockey loss to the United States.

Austria, Germany and Norway added more gold to their collections on Monday while Canada set its sights on the ice dance title as the host nation came to terms with their stunning hockey loss to the United States.

Canada has its sights firmly fixed on a gold medal for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in the Olympic ice dancing finale Monday as the host nation comes to terms with its stunning hockey defeat to the United States.

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir surged to the Olympic ice dancing lead as world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin's controversial Aboriginal-themed original dance failed to impress in Vancouver.

Virtue and Moir win OD with spicy flamenco, take lead over Americans. See ya, stuffy old world of ice dancing. Sizzle is in.

Bode gets 'Super Sunday' rolling with gold; death of Canada skater's mom dims big day. Bode Miller looked at the camera, smiled and shrugged. Even he couldn't believe this.

The coach of Russian ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin has started carrying pictures of Australian Aborigines with her so he can whip them out and show anyone who claims the skater's outfits are disrespectful.

Costumes appear largely the same for Russians' controversial Aboriginal-themed original dance. World ice dance champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin appear to have made only slight alterations to the costumes for the Aboriginal-themed original dance that has caused such an uproar.