Zingas, Kolesnik of U.S. capture Skate America ice dance title

And so to the final team now if you missed their rhythm dance well you've got to look it up because it was something else. I cannot wait for this they go in to the free dance with a little buffer they've got a good lead going into this. A clean skate should get them a gold medal. Wish them well. Emilia Zingas, Vadim Kolesnik for USA, Romeo and Juliet the music. This is a legendary piece of music as far as ice dance is concerned. Not Romeo and Juliet at all. What a bolero, of course. Brave to take that on. For those of you not as old as me, you know I'm referring to the brilliant Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean who won Olympic gold with that. But that was a match, wasn't it? That programme choreographed by Benoit Richaud. Better be careful what I'm saying because I think the sheet I've got might be a little bit out of date. Igor Shpilband, who coaches them in Novi in Michigan will be absolutely thrilled with that. It was a masterpiece. Let's get better and better don't they these two. So he gets a three on the twizzles and here and there the levels not quite as high as they... I don't think I would have won until I don't think, and just to remind you, this is their first competition of the season, so things are going to get better. They get a chance to look at the scores at the end of the program to see where they can eke out a few more points, but the important thing for them is that the GOEs on every single element are huge, so that is going to take their technical score to great heights, that's for sure. Didn't miss a beat all the way through that. We talk about intensity and focal points and you couldn't take your eyes off them for a moment. Yeah, really, really loved it. Well done. So they need 1.12.77 to go into the lead. They got 124, nearly 125 at the World Championships. Don't think they're going to get quite that looking at some of the levels there, but it's going to be a high score. Yeah, 1.19.36, great way for them to start the season. I think they would have wanted a little bit more, but it's going to be enough. And there it is. That's what they came here for. Emilia Zingas, Vadim Kolesnik. Two brilliant performances here in Everett to win gold at Skate America. Well it didn't disappoint did it? They were fantastic. And there it is, Emilia Vadim at the top of the pile. Evgenia and Jeffrey win the silver again and Katerina and Daniel really solid in that third place there. Fourth and fifth held by the other two American teams who were very very strong and that the situation further down Holly Harris and Jason Chan dropping a couple of places there but even in that group there were some really strong skates.