As reported by the ISU website, the Compulsory Dance to be skated at the XXI Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, will be the Tango Romantica. The draw was conducted on Thursday February 4, 2010, between the two designated dances for this season: the Golden Waltz and Tango Romantica, considered two of the most demanding dances out there. Oksana and Maxim already performed the Tango Romantica at the 2010 Russian Nationals and at the 2010 European Championships, and their skills were highly appreciated by ... Read more »

Dear Maxim, best wishes for a very Happy Birthday! 

In this difficult year we would like to wish you the strenght of mind to achieve all the goals you set ahead of you, and may nothing stand in the way of the path you chose to follow in life. And of course health, health, and yet more health.

The 2010 European Championships ended with victory for dancing couple Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin. Congratulations to the guys on their second European title! The new free dance, performed for the first time after Russian Nationals, is now beginning to show new shades, thanks to a more confident and emotional performance. Nevertheless, the judges pointed out several technical flaws, which resulted in low levels on both step sequencies and on one lift. As a result, the skaters only came second in the free dance portion of the competition, with Italy's Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali ahead of them by 1.73 points, but were able to mantain the overall lead and win the competiton. With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games now less than a month away, they will need to work hard to improve the components of the dance.

Best wishes on a successfull preparation, and on more victories!

The last part of the Ice Dance competition will take place on Friday, January 22. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin will skate first in the last group, with starting order number 13, at 21:35 CET.

The Original Dance competition was completed today. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin came second in this segment of the competition. Their performance of their Aboriginal dance proved their improvement in technical skills and power. The audience appreciated their performance in these unusual roles. Of course the guys have more work to do: their step sequences were only awarded level 3 and 2. This caused a minimal loss in this portion of the competition, where Italy's Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali came first. Despite being second in the segment, the guys mantain and increase their lead by 5.12 points.

ISU Results

Thursday, January 22, Oksana Domnina and Maxin Shabalin will take the ice at 15.47 (CET) in the penultimate group of skaters. The selected theme for the original dance this year was  folk dances. Oksana and Maxim will perform the dance of the Aborigines. Good luck, guys!

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Real Time Results

Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won the Compulsory Dances segment today in Tallinn.
Here they had no equals: they shone throughout the whole performance, which was breathtakingly beautiful.

The skaters were able to combine perfect grip an delicately precise excecution of steps, with absolute emotional impact!

The judges appreciated their performance and awarded them with a 42.78 score, putting them into the lead by 4.91 points.

Well done, guys!

Oksana and Maxim are scheduled to skate their Compulsory Dance tomorrow at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn at 17:34, taking the ice in the last group with starting number 23. You can check all results on the ISU site

Best of luck, guys!

During the Russian Nationals, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were presented a very special gift from the members of the Russian fan forum domninashabalin.ipb.su who had two stars named after the skaters "Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin . Check the "Gallery" section for pictures of the event.

During today's Victory ceremony, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were awarded the title of Honored Masters of Sport, for their victory at the 2009 World Championships.

Our congratulations to Oksana and Maxim for being awarded this prestigious title!