France ended the European figure skating championships in Switzerland with three medals, including two gold, with Florent Amodio (pictured) taking the men’s title after Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat won the ice dance trophy.
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first figure skating duo since 1994 to wear the Olympic and world championship crowns in the same season, after edging out US rivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White by just 1.43 points on Friday.
World champion Evan Lysacek gave the United States their first Olympic men's figure skating title since the 1988 Calgary Games, finishing ahead of title holder Yevgeny Plushenko of Russia.
As the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics gets underway, team France rests its hopes on the likes of Julien Lizeroux (pictured) in the Slalom. Here is a look at the main potential medallists.
American Evan Lysacek (photo) was crowned world champion in Los Angeles, beating Canada's Patrick Cha and Frenchman Brian Joubert. Hot favourite Joubert fell during his long programme while landing a double Axel, costing him the gold.
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, the German figure skating duo, have won their second straight World Championship pairs title. Frenchman Brian Joubert (shown in video) leads the men's free skate competition in Los Angeles.
France's Brian Joubert (photo) has hit back at criticism by Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan, who called him a "sore loser", referring to comments made by Joubert in 2008 after his failure to win gold at the World Championships.
Canadian skater Jeffrey Buttle took France's Brian Joubert's world champion title as he claimed gold after a perfect free skate final programme. The Frenchman couldn't come back after his upset in the short programme.
With victories in two of the three legs of the free dance figure skating contest, France's Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder claimed the gold medal in Gothenburg, ahead of Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
France's Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder gathered a comfortable lead in the original dance competition. Japan's Mao Asada triumphed in the ladies event.
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