Controversy continues over Olympic ice dancing judging

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Posted February 18, 2014 7:47 am.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The controversy over judging in the ice dancing event at the Sochi Olympics shows no sign of letting up after Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir finished second to American duo Meryl Davis and Charlie White.

For several days ahead of the competition, whispers suggested there was a secret deal in place between the Americans and the Russians to ensure the US team would take the gold medal ahead of the Canadian pair.

But Rogers Sportsnet’s Arash Madani says Virtue and Moir don’t think that’s what happened.

“[They said] ‘We don’t believe this was a foregone conclusion at all; we don’t believe this was predetermined. ‘And [Moir] said “It’s hard to be critical of a judging system that’s given us so much success in our careers.'”

Moir and Virtue say they are happy with their performance.

Madani feels Canadians need to take a step back.

“I’m just wondering when, along the way, 35 million Canadians became experts in the footwork of an ice dance and are able to, with that ‘professional eye,’ judge exactly what is and what isn’t a gold medal performance.”

Virtue and Moir set a world record for the free dance portion, but Davis and White followed with a world record score of their own.

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