Photograph Highlights: See the Ice Dancing Brief Program

The French workforce of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, four-time world champions, are the massive favorites for gold in ice dancing, which started with the rhythm dance occasion on Saturday on Beijing.

Identical to the pairs determine skating occasion, the routines are carried out by a person and a girl, usually dancing hand in hand. However ice dancing strips down among the extra acrobatic parts of pairs skating, prohibiting spiraling jumps and high-flying lifts. Many have drawn comparisons to ballroom dancing.

Twenty-three groups carried out on Saturday, and 20 superior to the free skate on Monday in Beijing (Sunday night time in the USA). Scores from the 2 occasions can be mixed to find out the medal winners.