2007 Worlds (Tokyo) Dance Compulsory 'Rhumba' | Canadians Dubreuil & Lauzon lead

Описание: HD format, British coverage (commentators: Chris Howarth, Simon Reed)
2007年世界フィギュアスケート選手権 | Selected ice dance, compulsory dance (CD) performances (designated pattern: rhumba) from the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships (Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan), marked with (*) below:
Rank Name Nation Total points CD* OD FD
1 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Bulgaria 201.61 2 37.42* 1 62.10 1 102.09
2 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon Canada 200.46 1 38.96* 3 60.54 2 100.96
3 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto United States 195.43 5 37.17* 2 61.85 4 96.41
4 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder France 195.19 4 37.20* 5 58.82 3 99.17
5 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Russia 193.44 3 37.29* 4 60.34 5 95.81
6 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Canada 183.94 9 31.45* 6 57.11 6 95.38
7 Meryl Davis / Charlie White United States 179.14 10 31.15* 8 55.82 7 92.17
15 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido Japan 152.21 15 28.46* 17 47.27 15 76.48
20 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Canada 140.14 18 25.76* 23 42.58 20 71.80
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Extracts from Golden Skate (words by R. Kaye) [https://www.goldenskate.com/dubreuil-...]
Marie-France Dubreuil (32) and Patrice Lauzon (31) of Canada took the lead with 38.96 points. The Canadian Champions skated a Rhumba with excellent interpretation, close holds and matching lines.
The team also set themselves apart with Dubreuil sporting a striking bright green dress whereas many of the teams seemed to favor hot pink for the lady.
“Every little victory is important,” said Dubreuil. “Every point counts.”
Her partner, however, felt that no one will remember the victory.
“Our goal is the last day,” stated Lauzon. “It’s great to be on this ice, we love compulsories and this dance is one of our strongest because it is not as demanding as other dances. You can see the quality of the knees and the steps.”
Dubreuil agreed. “We are the World Champions of the Rhumba!” she exclaimed, adding that the real quality of the Rhumba is the roundness of the body and the edges. “The Rhumba has a different feeling to it than the others.”
Albena Denkova (32) and Maxim Staviski (29) of Bulgaria sit in second place with 37.42 points – only 1.54 points behind the Canadians.

Although their Rhumba filled the ice with excellent speed, flow, and deep edges, the Bulgarians were ranked fifth in the timing portion of the component score which cost them valuable tenths of a point.
This was to be their last CD as the current World Champions are retiring after this competition.
“We just feel happy!” said Denkova. “We were relaxed; we were in a good mood. Even if it hadn’t been the last compulsory dance of the career, it would have been the last compulsory of the season and already that makes us happy. It’s a relief not to have to do the compulsory anymore.”
Staviski felt there was no pressure in particular coming in as the defending world champions. “We enjoy skating here,” he said. “The audience is good [and] they received us warmly.”
“Ice dancing has long ago ceased to be a sport where you will stay in first when you were first one time and if you skate clean,” added Denkova. “The results are changing. We came here to compete for the title not as World champions, but like all the other couples.”
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