Delobel and Schoenfelder win another gold in Paris

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France won another Trophée Eric Bompard title with a touching performance to Pink Floyd’s The Great Gig…

Delobel and Schoenfelder take the lead in Paris

The fourth stage of the 2008-09 ISU Grand Prix Series began today in Paris, France at the Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy.

Approximately 58 skaters from 15 different countries are competing…

Delobel and Schoenfelder maintain lead in Paris

In the final event of the day, the ice dancers took to the ice for the second time for the Original Dance. The Original Dance for this season is “Rhythms of the 20s, 30s and 40s”.

Italy’s Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali won the Original Dance with a smooth and entertaining performance to Follow the Fleet in which both skaters dressed as sailors. The team tried really hard to get…

Delobel and Schoenfelder win gold at Skate America

The third and final day of Skate America proved to be a crazy one in the world of ice dance, with more movement among the top ranks in the free dance competition. However, the top six teams after the original dance maintained their positions at the end of the competition.

Leading the way and winning their first Skate America title, was France’s Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder. Skating a modern…

Delobel and Schoenfelder maintain lead at Skate America

The second day of Skate America began with an era of flappers, war brides, and swing clubs, and today it was all brought to the ice in the…

Delobel and Schoenfelder grab lead in Everett

Skate America is the first of six events of the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix (GP) series and is being held at the Comcast Arena, Oct. 23-26, in…

Delobel and Schoenfelder win World title

The competition concluded today with a dramatic Free Dance event. In the end, the dance podium this year didn’t contain any returning medalists – an unheard of situation for the…

Delobel and Schoenfelder maintain lead in Sweden

The Folk/Country dance is the Original Dance (OD) for the 2007-08 season. While there are no restrictions on the the number of music selections used, the dance must have a…

Delobel and Schoenfelder lead dance at Worlds

The 2008 ISU World Figure Skating Championships are being held Mar. 18-23, 2008 in Göteborg, Sweden, at the Scandinavium Arena. Approximately 203 skaters/couples from 48…

Delobel and Schoenfelder maintain lead in Zagreb

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France drew the last starting number, and provided an excellent closure for the folk Original Dance (OD) event with a flawless performance of their Breton Gavotte. The…

Delobel and Schoenfelder take lead in Zagreb

The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships are being held Jan. 22-26 in Zagreb, Croatia at the Dom Sportova. It is the third time since 1974 that the city has hosted this event. Approximately 158 skaters from 34 different countries…

Delobel and Schoenfelder seize NHK title

In what was a close competition, Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France seized the gold by less than a point. Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir settled for silver, while Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski of Russia took the bronze.

Virtue and Moir won the Free Dance (FD) with their stirring routine to to music from the Umbrellas of Cherbourg soundtrack, which tells a story of young love. The…

Delobel and Schoenfelder maintain lead in Japan

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder maintained their overnight lead despite a second place finish in the Original Dance (OD).

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are second overall, followed by Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski of Russia.

Virtue and Moir delivered a strong performance to “Kalinka”, receiving a level four and positive Grades of Execution (GoE) on all elements.

Their routine was highlighted by matching twizzles during the midline sequence, an elaborate…

Delobel and Schoenfelder tango to the lead

The sixth and final qualifying event of the 2007-08 ISU Grand Prix Series continues with the NHK Trophy which is being held Nov. 29 – Dec. 2 in Sendai, Japan at the Sendai City Gymnasium.

Approximately 57 skaters from 18 different countries are competing for points and global prize monies totaling $180,000 in U.S. dollars. The points will go toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final in which the top…

Delobel and Schoenfelder take gold in Paris

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France were the winners in the Ice Dance event despite placing second in the Free Dance (FD). Russia’s Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski captured the silver, while USA’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White took…

Delobel and Schoenfelder waltz to lead in Paris

The fourth stage of the 2007-08 ISU Grand Prix Series began today in Paris, France at the Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy.

Approximately 59 skaters from 17 different countries are competing for points and global prize monies totaling $180,000 in U.S. dollars. The points will go toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating in which the top six competitors from each discipline will be invited to compete…

Delobel and Schoenfelder strengthen overnight lead in Paris

In the final event of the day, the ice dancers took to the ice for the second time for the Original Dance (OD).

Delobel and Schoenfelder strengthened their lead (99.61 points) as they won the OD with 60.10…

2007 European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance Highlights

France’s Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder were the gold medal winners in the ice dance event, while Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin or Russia placed a very close second (.31 points).

Defending champions, Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria, were third.

Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France withdrew from the event due to Pechalat injuring her wrist earlier this month.

Hungary’s Nora Hoffmann and Attila Elek, who stood in seventh…

Delobel and Schoenfelder Return to France

With the departure of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat from the ranks of eligible skaters, Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder became France’s highest ranked senior dance team. The dancers recently returned to France to train in Lyon with…