Congratulations to the 2002 Olympic champions!

Marina & Gwendal won the Olympic title with perfect performances all through the competition. Russians Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh won the silver medal, and Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio of Italy won the bronze. It is the first Olympic gold medal ever for France in ice dance.
This special Olympics page will remain here with the screen captures and links to articles and photos, and will be updated with transcripts of interviews and more of Michele Peltier's photos.
Enjoy!

A&P Online's screen captures Practices Opening ceremony Compulsory dances Original Dance Free Dance Medal ceremony Gala

Michele Peltier's photos Medal ceremony Free dance warm-up Free dance Meeting with Gwendal *new*

Poster in the Logan rink

Olympic articles Post-event Olympic ice dance champions retire Spotlight to stay on figure skating after the games The pair with Gallic flair Free dance Glory for French pair France takes gold in ice dancing France wins ice dance gold medal for the first time Judges dance to the right tune Bourne & Kraatz just miss podium after last-second fall French ice dance duo sweep to historic victory France's first-ever gold in ice dance Anissina, Peizerat win ice dance as Italians fall Original dance French maintain lead with fiery permformance Flamenco keeps French in First in Ice Dancing A new storm brews French lead after original dance Bourne & Kraatz remain fourth in ice dance Compulsory dances All eyes are on judges French duo lead the dance French pair grabs early lead in ice dancing French lead as ice dance sidesteps scandal Trouble awaits Canucks? Curiosity turns to dance as French couple lead Bourne & Kraatz fourth after compulsory dance Pre-event IOC could give 2 skating golds Olympic ice dancers cometh Skating flap brings call for reform Olympic Dance Preview Quickstep, blues chosen for ice dancing History favors Kwan, not Plushenko The matchups: Ice dance Ice arena ticketing system changed Figure skaters to watch at the Winter Games Up in the air Michelle Kwan hopes to turn silver into gold

Photo links Gala OD encore "Susanna" reversed lift "Susanna" - Marina walking on Gwendal Medal ceremony French flag waving Holding the French flag - from the back Showing their gold medals Top three teams showing their medals Waving to the crowd on the podium On podium- Gwendal kissing his medal On podium - Gwendal showing his medal Watching the flags being raised Marina reapplies make-up before medal ceremony Free dance Start of Liberta Reversed lift photo 1 Reversed lift photo 2 Reversed lift photo 3 Reversed lift photo 4 Spin photo Final lift Skating to the KnC Original dance End of OD - Gwendal jumping OD photo from above Spin Tango photo - head to head Tango photo Photo from tango Start of OD Compulsory dances Blues CD-final move Blues CD-final pose Blues CD photo Blues CD - another photo Blues CD- close up photo Quickstep CD- Gwendal kisses Marina in the KnC Quickstep CD photo Start of quickstep CD Practices OD practice-start pose OD practice photo CD practice (quickstep) - start pose CD practice photo "Liberta" practice - horizontal lift "Liberta" practice - final lift Opening ceremony Close up shot of Marina at opening ceremony Opening ceremony (with Marina & Muriel Zazoui) French team at the opening ceremony (with Gwendal)

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