According to the Free dance draw, Oksana and Maxim tomorrow will skate their Spartacus with starting number 23, at 22:30:50 local time (GMT-7), 08:50:15 Moscow time. Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto are scheduled at 22:15:10 and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at 22:07:20.

You can see the complete starting order and schedule here, and check live results here.

Good luck to Oksana and Maxim and to all the dancers as well!

Oksana and Maxim delivered their season's best performance of the Original Dance tonight, scoring 64.68 points. They were ranked second in this segment of the competition, behind Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, due to a mistake in the combination spin. However they managed to mantain the overall leadership by 0.64 points. We wish them to skate their best in their Spartacus Free Dance tomorrow night.

1	Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO	USA	65.16	33.90		31.26	8.20	8.05	8.35	8.25	8.30	0.00	#26
2	Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN	RUS	64.68	33.40		31.28	8.25	8.10	8.25	8.25	8.30	0.00	#24
3	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	62.60	33.30		29.30	7.65	7.60	7.75	7.75	7.80	0.00	#27
4	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	61.83	33.50		28.33	7.40	7.25	7.55	7.55	7.55	0.00	#22
5	Yana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI	RUS	61.68	32.30		29.38	7.70	7.60	7.85	7.80	7.75	0.00	#25
6	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	61.05	31.90		29.15	7.75	7.55	7.60	7.75	7.70	0.00	#28

 

 

1	Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN	RUS	105.45	1	2
2	Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO	USA	104.81	2	1
3	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	100.42	3	6
4	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	100.33	4	3
5	Yana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI	RUS	99.02	5	5
6	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	98.37	6	4

 

 

 

Oksana and Maxim will skate their Original Dance in warm-up group 5, as they have drawn starting number 24, like they did yesterday for the Compulsory Dance. Their Shostakovich Waltz from Jazz Suite №2 is scheduled at 15:58:15 local time (GMT-7), 01:58:15 Moscow time.

You can see the complete starting order and schedule here, and check live results here.

The 2009 Figure Skating World Championships started with compulsory dance competition, Paso Doble. Oksana and Maxim performed an excellent program gaining a lead with their seasons' best score. The second place is for their coach-mates Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto (USA). Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (CAN) are in the third place.

 

 

Oksana and Maxim will skate their Compulsory Dance in warm-up group 5, as they have drawn starting number 24.  Their Paso Doble is scheduled at 15:48:40 local time (GMT-7), or at 01:48:40 Moscow time.

You can see the complete starting order and schedule here, and check live results here.

Let's wish good luck to Oksana and Maxim!

Oksana and Maxim arrived yesterday in Los Angeles for the upcoming World Championships.

We wish them best of luck for a successful competition.

March 21, 2009 - Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin would like to invite all their English speaking supporters and figure skating fans to the launch of the English version of their official website. This is the place to find updated news, exclusive pictures and all sorts of interesting and cool stuff about us. Please come visit the website: we'll be happy to have you here!