2008 Worlds Ice Dance FD (Eurosport) – Gothenburg | Delobel & Schoenfelder Win Gold

revised upload - more complete, full broadcast with chapters. --- Summary: The 2008 World Championships ice dance event reaches its conclusion in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the free dance deciding the medals in front of a packed Scandinavium. The earlier groups feature several rising teams before the standard rises in the penultimate flight. Sinead & John Kerr (GBR) captivate the audience with their unconventional Enigma program, while Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte (ITA), Alexandra & Roman Zaretsky (ISR), and Nathalie Péchalat & Fabian Bourzat (FRA) challenge for position. Péchalat & Bourzat's avant-garde free dance stands out for its originality and difficult elements, while Meryl Davis & Charlie White (USA) close the group with a fast and intense Eleanor Rigby, moving up to sixth overall. The five leading couples then take the ice with the medals still undecided. Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski (RUS) open with their dramatic Night on Bald Mountain, but a stumble during the circular step sequence disrupts an otherwise strong performance. Leaders Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder (FRA) respond with their distinctive The Piano free dance incorporating sign language, scoring 104.96 and putting themselves in a commanding position. Federica Faiella & Massimo Scali (ITA) follow with a personal-best performance before Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (CAN) produce the winning free dance. Their elegant Umbrellas of Cherbourg earns a personal-best 105.28 and lifts the young Canadians into the silver-medal position. Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto (USA) close the competition with a strong comeback after their costly fall in the compulsory dance, placing third in the free dance but missing the podium by just 0.26 points. Delobel & Schoenfelder become World Champions with 212.94 points, Virtue & Moir take silver with 208.80 after winning the free dance, and Khokhlova & Novitski claim bronze with 203.26. The Eurosport coverage concludes with interviews and the victory ceremony as Delobel & Schoenfelder celebrate their first World Championship medal — and the World title. ----- HD50fps, British coverage (commentators: Chris Howarth, Nicky Slater). The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 16 to 23. Ice dance free dance (FD) performances as shown listed below in the Chapters. Detailed results: https://www.isuresults.com/results/wc... Golden Skate's event report: https://www.goldenskate.com/delobel-a... ---- Chapters 00:00 Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) – 13th 07:48 Kimberly Navarro & Brent Bommentre (USA) – 12th 15:11 Katherine Copely & Deividas Stagniunas (LTU) – 14th 22:51 Kristin Fraser & Igor Lukanin (AZE) – 11th 31:11 Ekaterina Rubleva & Ivan Shefer (RUS) – 15th 39:10 Penultimate Group Warm-Up 42:41 Sinead Kerr & John Kerr (GBR) – 8th 50:50 Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte (ITA) – 10th 59:08 Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski (ISR) – 9th 1:07:08 Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat (FRA) – 7th 1:15:13 Meryl Davis & Charlie White (USA) – 6th 1:24:05 Final Group Preview & Interviews 1:29:23 Final Group Warm-Up 1:32:40 Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski (RUS) – Bronze 1:41:06 Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder (FRA) – Gold 1:49:44 Federica Faiella & Massimo Scali (ITA) – 5th 1:58:09 Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (CAN) – Silver 2:06:00 Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto (USA) – 4th 2:14:02 Final Results 2:18:02 Delobel & Schoenfelder Interview 2:20:56 Victory Ceremony 2:28:50 National Anthem of France ----- #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique #icedance