Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto from USA perform during the Ice Dance Free Dance event of the 2009 World Figure skating Championships, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in March 2009. Reigning world and Olympic silver medal ice dance duo Belbin and Agosto of the United States said Tuesday they are pulling out of the Grand Prix final next week in Tokyo.
Mer 25 Nov, 12:45 AM (GETTY IMAGES)
Jeffrey Buttle, left, a former Canadian Olympic figure skater, puts on a pair of Olympic mittens he was presented by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, right, during a ceremony prior to the opening of a covered outdoor skating rink at Robson Square in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, Nov.
Lun 23 Nov, 11:23 PM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ladies silver medalist Alissa Czisny, of the United States, performs in the closing gala of the Skate Canada figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Lun 23 Nov, 01:17 AM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy perform in the closing gala of the Skate Canada figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Lun 23 Nov, 01:17 AM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Canada's Joannie Rochette performs in the closing gala of the Skate Canada figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Lun 23 Nov, 01:17 AM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform in the closing gala of the Skate Canada figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Lun 23 Nov, 01:15 AM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Men's silver medalist Daisuke Takahashi, of Japan, performs in the closing gala at the Home Sense figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Dom 22 Nov, 11:55 PM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ice dance gold medallists Canada's Tessa Virtue from London, Ont. and Scott Moir from Ilderton, Ont. smile from the podium during victory ceremonies at the Home Sense Skate Canada International figure skating competition Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 in Kitchener, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
Dom 22 Nov, 09:17 PM (ASSOCIATED PRESS)