Vancouver witnessed a figure skating gala that excited the audience more than many of the contests.

Vancouver witnessed a figure skating gala that excited the audience more than many of the contests. Photo: young skaters form the five Olympic rings.

Russian figure-skater Yevgeny Plyushchenko claimed the silver at the Vancouver Games.

American Evan Lysacek won the men's figure skating Olympic gold.

With 207.64 points Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won the ice-dancing bronze.

Winners of the pairs figure skating competition at the 2010 European Championships, Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov, placed fourth.

South Korea’s Kim Yu Na, who won the Olympic gold, confessed that she couldn’t believe the score she had received.

China’s Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada earned gold in ice dancing.

Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White danced their way to silver medals.

Germany’s Robin Szolkowy and Aliona Savchenko claimed bronze in the pairs figure skating.
