They skated beautifully and the young lady of the pair lost her mother yesterday, at the Olympics, and still went out and skated her heart out.
Joannie Rochette is the Canadian skater whose mother died. She was shown practicing tonight. She’s in the ladies competition—no partner.
Gosh, what beautiful skating tonight. I had no problem with the Canadians winning, but couldn’t see the Russians getting the bronze. Not that I’m a skating judge or anything. I loved the way Tessa Virtue sang O Canada to the top of her lungs.
No, the lovely skater in the Ice Dancing Gold winner didn’t lose her mother. It will be a single figure skater tonight, Joannie ? from Canada whose mother died at 55 after just arriving in Vancouver
The Gold and Silver ice dancers were fabulous. They have started a revolution with their style. Belbin and Agosto were silver winners at the last olympics where the Russians won. And it was obvious that the Russains and Belbin and Agosto-who are very lovely young people who felt that the Canadians deserved the Gold-do have the same Russian coach in Pennsylvania. This will probably be their last Olympics. The Canadian Gold pair and our silver ice dancing pair are friends and have the same coach in Michigan. I think the 2 different styles are obvious and it may be the end of the Russian dominance.