The 2010

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

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, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. The event was held at the Palavela in

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from 22 to 28 March.

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by 1 July 2009. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2010 World Junior Championships. Based on the results of the 2009 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Countries which qualified more than one entry per discipline:

Schedule

(Local time,

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) * Tuesday, 23 March ** 12:00 Compulsory dance ** 17:15 Opening ceremonies ** 18:15 Pairs short program * Wednesday, 24 March ** 09:30 Men's short program ** 18:45 Pairs free skating * Thursday, 25 March ** 12:45 Original dance ** 18:15 Men's free skating * Friday, 26 March ** 09:00 Ladies' short program ** 18:45 Free dance * Saturday, 27 March ** 12:30 Ladies' free skating * Sunday, 28 March ** 14:30 Gala exhibition

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement: Small medals for placement in the short segment: Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement: Table of small medals for placement in the short segment: Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

Competition notes

* The

compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and gen ...

was the Golden Waltz. 2010 Worlds were the final event to include a compulsory dance. The last compulsory dance in competition was skated by Federica Faiella and

Massimo Scali Massimo Scali (born 11 December 1979) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Federica Faiella, he is the 2010 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2009–2010) European silver medalist, and a six-time (2003–2005, 2007–2009) ...

. Canada's

Tessa Virtue Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017) ...

Scott Moir Scott Patrick Moir OLY ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2010 ...

set a world record for the original dance, earning 70.27 points, 2010 Worlds were also the final event to include an original dance. *

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became the first Japanese man to win a world title. He attempted a quad flip which made him the first gold medalist to try a quad since 2007 Worlds, but he underrotated the jump, making him the third champion in a row not to land one successfully. *

Mao Asada is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005� ...

became the first figure skater from Asia to win multiple world titles. * Japan won two of the four titles, and both single's titles for the first. *

Laura Lepistö Laura Anneli Lepistö (born 25 April 1988) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 world bronze medalist, the 2009 European champion, and a two-time (2008 and 2010) Finnish national champion. After missing two seasons ...

became the first Finn to medal in ladies' singles at the World Championships.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

Prize money

References

Other sources

External links

Official site
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