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
Tanith Belbin quotes about
add combined dance finished free good happy helped original regardless second
When you add it all together, regardless of where we finished (in the free program), we were second overall. It's a combined score, and we're happy we were able to have a good original dance that helped us.
calm competition dance emotions exciting fully realize
I really don't think we've really, fully experienced all the emotions we will once we calm down and realize what we've accomplished. I think this is the most exciting dance competition I've ever been a part of and some of us have ever seen.
equally everybody free generation glad ice incredibly original strong team wonderful
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.
emotional felt glad home knowing opening sitting turned watching
In 2002, I was sitting at home watching the opening ceremonies, not knowing how emotional it would be knowing I could have been there. I turned it off pretty quick. I don't know what it would have felt like if we'd had to do it again. I'm glad we don't.
ceremonies games harder home ignored opening quick realizing sitting turned watching
In 2002 I was sitting at home watching the Opening Ceremonies and, realizing I could have been there, it was pretty emotional, much harder that I thought it would be. I turned the Games off pretty quick and pretty much ignored them.
elements experience felt improved invaluable performance sees
We felt we improved on our performance at nationals. This is an invaluable experience for us to sees how our elements will be (scored).
amazing happy icing result
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.
behind hurdle last team welcoming
The U.S. team has always been welcoming to me. Now I've put that last hurdle behind us, and we can go to the Olympics.
allowed attain create dream flag might moment ourselves saw
The moment we saw the flag rising, we hadn't allowed ourselves to imagine. We didn't want to create a dream that we couldn't attain because it might be out of our control.
allowed create definitely dream flag imagine moment obtain ourselves outside react reasons rising saw sight
The moment we saw the flag rising was one we hadn't allowed ourselves to even imagine because we didn't want to create a dream we couldn't obtain for reasons outside of our control. It was definitely a new sight for us to see and one we don't even know how we're going to react to when it comes to us.
added athletes destined ending felt medal mostly ourselves particular pressure prove reason
All athletes here, U.S. athletes in particular ... have added pressure to add to that medal count. We felt pressure mostly from ourselves, pressure to prove to ourselves that there was a reason and we were destined to be here. We didn't really have a storybook ending in mind, but this was pretty close.
few flawless three
Obviously, we could have done better. I had a few stumbles, but I wasn't anticipating to come here and have three flawless performances.
building definitely easy home judges lots olympics staying taking teams themselves
Lots of teams feel better staying at home and just taking it easy and building up themselves in training. But for us, it's definitely better to come here. These are the same international judges who will judge us at the Olympics and we want their feedback.
extremely meet nice spoke
She referenced that when she spoke with us, and she's extremely supportive. It was very, very nice to meet her.