Turin 2006 Dance OD | Italians make up after icy incident: Fusar-Poli & Margaglio

Australian coverage (commentators: Belinda Noonan, Sandy Roberts)
Turin (Torino) 2006 Winter Games, ice dance original dance (OD) performance highlights, featuring here marked with (^) below:
Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD^ FD
6 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 183.46 1 38.78 10 51.73^ 8 92.95
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[excerpts from ESPN, words by J. Caple, Feb 21, 2006] Belbin-Agosto, 'Glare' put ice dancing on our map

TORINO, Italy -- It was a special night at the ice dance finals. There was no judging controversy. The Americans took home a medal. And best of all, the world's favorite Italian couple kissed and made up.
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What may be remembered more from the ice dancing competition is neither the American medal nor the Russian gold, but the Glare Seen 'Round the World.

That glare came at the end of Sunday's [original]-dance program, when Italy's Maurizio Margaglio dropped Barbara Fusar Poli with seconds to go in their routine. For about a half minute, she gave him a look so cold, the arena may never warm up again. Fusar Poli stared at Margaglio with such anger and disgust in her eyes that he must have complained that he wouldn't have dropped her if she didn't weigh so much. She didn't speak with, nor look at him, in the Kiss and Cry Zone, either, and the photo of her glare was spread across Italian sports pages Monday.

The skaters had a strong performance Monday and hugged in joy when they finished their routine. Fusar Poli also kissed her partner on the forehead before they left the ice to listen to the scores that eventually put them in eighth place.

Afterward, both insisted there was no animosity between them, that they were like brother and sister, and that Sunday's glare did not mean Fusar Poli was upset with her partner.

"It was like, 'S---, we did a mistake,'" Fusar Poli said of The Glare. "There was no problem between us. I did not know what my eyes were saying."

"We weren't angry with each other. It was rage at our work," Margaglio said. "We were in first place after the compulsory and we wanted to keep it. You would be angry, too."

Yeah, right. Husbands everywhere have seen that same look, and it never means the woman is upset equally with herself. It's just that the look usually stems from beer on the breath rather than a missed dance element.

also read: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/spor...

In its Monday edition, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica described the stare-down: "Barbara, with horror in her stare, an emptiness inside, would have shot him immediately if she had a pistol."

"It was a shame, but also beautiful," the article added, "that long moment as they stared at one another, everyone expecting them to attack one another."
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