Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein win dance title at 2009 World Junior Championships

The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships continue in Sofia, Bulgaria, with ice dance. The United States' Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein led in all three dances to win the gold medal with 172.55 points. (They are having a terrific season, having also won the U.S. junior title in Cleveland as well as the Junior Grand Prix Final in Korea back in December.) Their teammates Maia Shibutani and Alex Shubutani took the silver with 162.15 points. Russia's Ekaterina Riazanova and Jonathan Guerreiro won the bronze with 161.80 points.

Results for the top ten teams are below. (Note: CD=Compulsory Dance, OD=Original Dance and FD=Free Dance.)

FPl	Names	Nation	CD	OD	FD	Points
1	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	1	1	1	172.55
2	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	5	4	2	162.15
3	Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	7	2	3	161.8
4	Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL	USA	2	3	4	161.34
5	Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL	CAN	4	6	5	152.76
6	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Dmitri KISELEV	RUS	3	5	9	150.21
7	Karen ROUTHIER / Eric SAUCKE-LACELLE	CAN	6	8	6	149.5
8	Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK	CZE	11	7	10	146.04
9	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI	ITA	10	9	8	145.61
10	Terra FINDLAY / Benoit RICHAUD	FRA	13	10	7	145.17

The competition concludes tomorrow with the ladies free skate. After the short program, Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili leads, followed by the United States' Ashley Wagner and Russia's Alena Leonova.

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