February 20, 2010

Article by J. Barry Mittan

This will be the last season of competitive skating for five-time U.S. ice dancing champions, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. The skaters have earned a raft of accolades during their careers with silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the 2005 and 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and two ISU Grand Prix Finals. They won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships three times, the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2002, the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in 2001-02, and nine Grand Prix events.

Belbin and Agosto will compete in their second Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada this month. “We plan to attend the opening ceremonies and stay until the end of the figure skating events, but are undecided about attending the closing ceremony,” Belbin said. “This will definitely be our last Olympic Games.”

But the dancers currently plan to continue competing until the end of the season and finish out their careers at Worlds.



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03-13-2010 
• 2010 World Figure Skating Championships
03-21-2010 

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