Tanith Belbin
Tanith Belbin
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin Whiteis a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist, three-time Four Continents champion, and five-time U.S. champion...
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth10 July 1984
CityKingston, Canada
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It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was several years ago when we had just moved up to seniors and we could barely handle ourselves on the ice with this dance.
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We're so glad to be a part of this generation of ice dancing. It's a combined score.
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We usually make a point not to watch in case that happens because it affects you mentally.
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It feels very special to be a part of both countries. I follow the Canadian team, I keep an eye on how they're doing, so it does feel as if I'm connected to both teams, but as a skater, I'm American.
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I'm so excited, so proud of everybody -- it's an amazing group. We've all been through so much just to get here.
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I think we have a good shot at worlds. The door is opened a little bit further for us to challenge for that gold medal, and hopefully one year, if not this one, we can get that first American title.
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I think that moment was one we hadn't even allowed ourselves to imagine. We didn't want to create a dream we couldn't attain because of something out of our control. It hasn't really hit us, but when it does, it'll be quite overwhelming.
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We'd rather it be here than at the Olympics. So in that respect, it's good.
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It's our first Olympics, and a lot of the teams that are competing with us here are second- or third-time Olympians. It's great to be able to come here and get a medal our first time out, when we didn't even know we would be here. You can't ask for more.
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It's unnatural to think that in the past that everyone was equally strong in the compulsory, free and original dance. ... I'm proud to be part of this generation of ice dancing.
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It's so incredibly wonderful to see the movement, because it's unrealistic to think that each team has equally strong compulsory, original and free (programs). Everybody has different strengths, and we're so glad to be part of this generation of ice dancing.
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To be here at all was an amazing experience. We were very happy with how we did, and to have the result that we did was just icing on the cake.
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We felt we improved on our performance at nationals. This is an invaluable experience for us to sees how our elements will be (scored).
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It's just the best Christmas gift I could ever ask for.