Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win compulsory dance at 2009 Four Continents

The 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships began today with ice dance. The compulsory dance is the Finnstep and I've never actually seen the dance until now. It's very...peppy, cheerful and whimsical, like a happy dance! As expected, the United States' Meryl Davis and Charlie White are in head-to-head competition with Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Although Tessa had a slight misstep in the middle, she and Scott won the dance with 36.40 points. But Meryl and Charlie are only behind by 1.17 points, so tomorrow's original dance should be very exciting.

Standings after the compulsory dance are below. (Note: CD=Segment Score for Compulsory Dance, OD=Original Dance and FD=Free Dance.)

Rank	Competitors	Nation	CD	OD	FD	Points
1	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	36.40			36.40
2	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	35.23			35.23
3	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	32.43			32.43
4	Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES	USA	31.41			31.41
5	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	30.62			30.62
6	Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE	USA	30.59			30.59
7	Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG	CHN	27.56			27.56
8	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG	CHN	24.65			24.65
9	Jiayue WANG / Chongbo GAO	CHN	23.31			23.31
10	Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN	AUS	19.70			19.70
11	Maria BOROUNOV / Evgeni BOROUNOV	AUS	17.51			17.51
W/D	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN