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Marie-France Dubreuil went to hospital after her spill on Sunday.
Canadians questionable in free skate
Canadians Patrice Lauzon and Marie-France Dubreuil entered the Olympic ice dancing competition with an outside chance of winning a medal. Now, they might not have any chance at all.
Dubreuil hurt her right hip in a terrible fall out of a lift in the original program on Sunday. She had to be carried to her dressing room by partner Patrice Lauzon, and was then taken to hospital.
X-rays on her hip, back and pelvis showed no serious injuries. She returned to the athletes' village after midnight with a "muscular injury," according to officials.
She still hasn't decided whether she will compete in Monday's final program, the free skate.
"I think if it's humanly possibly, Marie-France will be out there," said Gayle McLelland, Skate Canada Chief Athlete Development Officer. "We're a sport, they are tough competitors, Marie-France is a very strong, well-trained athlete.
"It's the Olympic Games, I know she's going to do everything she can not to miss this moment."
The couple finished fourth in the compulsory program on Friday but finished seventh on Sunday. They now sit in sixth place overall.
Four other couples fell during the second phase of the event – including Italians Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio, who had been first heading into Sunday's program.
The Italians now sit in seventh place overall.
The path seems to be clear for the reigning world champions, Russians Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. The duo is in first place overall.
"When you're fighting for the top three places, it's really hard to skate," said Kostomarov. "Others were falling but we had a clean skate."
The Russians placed 10th at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games and are two-time world champions. Also, they won gold medals at the Cup of China, Cup of Russia and Grand Prix Final this season.
Americans Tanith Belbin – who left Canada seven years ago so she could find a partner in the U.S. – and Benjamin Agosto also benefited from the mishaps, vaulting from sixth to second.
"There is pressure, but we know how to handle it," Belbin told CBC Sports. "We dealt with it last year at the world championships, never having medalled before and then going as potential medallists.
"We know how to handle it, I think that the hardest part for us is just to make sure that we please ourselves.
Ukrainians Elena GG are third.
Leading up to the Games, both teams were considered strong contenders.
Canadians Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe are 12th in the field of 24 pairs.
with files from Canadian Press
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Figure skating: Spectacular falls surprise ice dancers
Feb 19 2006
By Jane Barrett
TURIN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - As skaters tend to say: "It's slippery stuff, that ice."
Ice dancing is usually the least risky of the four figure skating events at the Winter Olympics because no jumps are allowed. But on Sunday the Palavela rink saw a spectacular run of falls as four medal contenders slipped up.
Italians Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio, who returned from retirement for the Turin Games, had taken the lead after the first round of the ice dance but watched the dream of winning at home fade at the end of their original dance.
As they skated past the judges, Margaglio lifted Fusar Poli to shoulder level. She wobbled, he lost his balance and they stumbled down, touched the ice and fell to seventh place.
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