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Tango time: Russian world champs lead Canadians and Americans

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — It takes two to tango, and Friday night the best at the Olympics were world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin.The couple won the compulsory dance, an exercise — some say it's monotonous — to repetitive music that began the ice dancing competition.For the tango romantica — not to be confused with the teasingly seductive tango by men's silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko — the Russians earned 43.76 points. Their program was highly expressive and was rewarded by especially high marks for interpretation.Their lead is 1.02 points over Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who were third at last year's worlds. Rarely are there upsets in compulsory dance, which often means a Russian couple in first place. Either a Russian or Soviet dance team has won all but two gold medals since the sport was added to the Olympics in 1976.Meryl Davis and Charlie White, winners of the last two U.S. championships, were third with 41.47 points, followed by 2006 Olympic ...

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