Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won today's original dance portion of the ice dancing competition at the wrold championships, but they are still trailing leaders Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia. Canada's Virtue and Moir and America's Davis and White round out the top four, but both teams are now a few points behind the top two, who are separated by .64 points. The free dance is tomorrow.
Here are the full results from the original dance:
| Pl. | Name | Nat. | TSS= | TES+ | PCS+ | SS | MO | PF | CH | IT | Ded. | StN. |
| 1 | Tanith BELBIN Benjamin AGOSTO |
USA | 65.16 | 33.90 | 31.26 | 8.20 | 8.05 | 8.35 | 8.25 | 8.30 | 0.00 | 26 |
| 2 | Oksana DOMNINA Maxim SHABALIN |
RUS | 64.68 | 33.40 | 31.28 | 8.25 | 8.10 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.30 | 0.00 | 24 |
| 3 | Meryl DAVIS Charlie WHITE |
USA | 62.60 | 33.30 | 29.30 | 7.65 | 7.60 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.80 | 0.00 | 27 |
| 4 | Nathalie PECHALAT Fabian BOURZAT |
FRA | 61.83 | 33.50 | 28.33 | 7.40 | 7.25 | 7.55 | 7.55 | 7.55 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 5 | Jana KHOKHLOVA Sergei NOVITSKI |
RUS | 61.68 | 32.30 | 29.38 | 7.70 | 7.60 | 7.85 | 7.80 | 7.75 | 0.00 | 25 |
| 6 | Tessa VIRTUE Scott MOIR |
CAN | 61.05 | 31.90 | 29.15 | 7.75 | 7.55 | 7.60 | 7.75 | 7.70 | 0.00 | 28 |
| 7 | Sinead KERR John KERR |
GBR | 60.13 | 32.10 | 28.03 | 7.25 | 7.30 | 7.50 | 7.40 | 7.45 | 0.00 | 29 |
| 8 | Pernelle CARRON Matthieu JOST |
FRA | 57.68 | 30.90 | 26.78 | 6.95 | 6.95 | 7.00 | 7.10 | 7.20 | 0.00 | 23 |
| 9 | Anna CAPPELLINI Luca LANOTTE |
ITA | 56.33 | 30.80 | 25.53 | 6.60 | 6.55 | 6.75 | 6.85 | 6.85 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 10 | Federica FAIELLA Massimo SCALI |
ITA | 55.92 | 30.80 | 27.12 | 6.90 | 7.10 | 7.20 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 2.00 | 30 |
| 11 | Emily SAMUELSON Evan BATES |
USA | 54.97 | 30.90 | 24.07 | 6.35 | 6.05 | 6.30 | 6.45 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 12 | Vanessa CRONE Paul POIRIER |
CAN | 54.75 | 30.30 | 24.45 | 6.45 | 6.30 | 6.45 | 6.55 | 6.45 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 13 | Alexandra ZARETSKI Roman ZARETSKI |
ISR | 54.19 | 30.20 | 23.99 | 6.35 | 6.20 | 6.40 | 6.35 | 6.30 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 14 | Katherine COPELY Deividas STAGNIUNAS |
LTU | 49.79 | 28.10 | 21.69 | 5.70 | 5.40 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 15 | Cathy REED Chris REED |
JPN | 49.58 | 27.60 | 21.98 | 5.85 | 5.60 | 5.80 | 5.90 | 5.80 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 16 | Carolina HERMANN Daniel HERMANN |
GER | 48.89 | 27.70 | 21.19 | 5.50 | 5.30 | 5.65 | 5.60 | 5.80 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 17 | Zoe BLANC Pierre-Loup BOUQUET |
FRA | 48.24 | 27.50 | 20.74 | 5.55 | 5.35 | 5.55 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 18 | Kristin FRASER Igor LUKANIN |
AZE | 48.06 | 26.00 | 22.06 | 5.85 | 5.60 | 5.90 | 5.85 | 5.85 | 0.00 | 14 |
| 19 | Anna ZADOROZHNIUK Sergei VERBILLO |
UKR | 46.94 | 25.10 | 21.84 | 5.70 | 5.55 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.85 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 20 | Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA Matej NOVAK |
CZE | 46.35 | 26.00 | 20.35 | 5.35 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.55 | 5.40 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 21 | Caitlin MALLORY Kristian RAND |
EST | 45.69 | 26.50 | 19.19 | 4.95 | 4.80 | 5.20 | 5.20 | 5.15 | 0.00 | 9 |
| 22 | Phillipa TOWLER-GREEN Phillip POOLE |
GBR | 43.70 | 25.90 | 17.80 | 4.80 | 4.35 | 4.80 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 23 | Xintong HUANG Xun ZHENG |
CHN | 43.48 | 26.20 | 17.28 | 4.70 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 24 | Danielle OBRIEN Gregory MERRIMAN |
AUS | 39.70 | 24.00 | 15.70 | 4.20 | 3.90 | 4.25 | 4.20 | 4.15 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 25 | Joanna BUDNER Jan MOSCICKI |
POL | 39.25 | 22.40 | 16.85 | 4.55 | 4.30 | 4.50 | 4.45 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 26 | Nikki GEORGIADIS Graham HOCKLEY |
GRE | 37.10 | 22.20 | 14.90 | 4.05 | 3.70 | 4.05 | 3.95 | 3.90 | 0.00 | 7 |
| 27 | Leonie KRAIL Oscar PETER |
SUI | 34.46 | 20.24 | 15.22 | 4.05 | 3.90 | 3.95 | 4.15 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 28 | Emese LASZLO Mate FEJES |
HUN | 34.44 | 20.30 | 14.14 | 3.85 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 29 | Ksenia SHMIRINA Yahor MAISTROV |
BLR | 33.93 | 20.40 | 13.53 | 3.65 | 3.35 | 3.60 | 3.70 | 3.55 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 30 | Ina DEMIREVA Juri KURAKIN |
BUL | 33.14 | 19.50 | 13.64 | 3.60 | 3.40 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 5 |