For the first time when it comes time to talk about a gold medalist for the US in Sochi we aren’t talking about someone in a halfpipe or on a slopestyle course. We’re talking figure skating! Meryl Davis and Charlie White entered Sochi as the defending World Champions so there is no surprise around the world that they are now the gold medalists.
So proud to represent the U.S. on Olympic ice, and then bring home the GOLD with @Meryl_Davis ! Thank you to everyone for the support!!
— Charlie White (@CharlieaWhite) February 18, 2014
Still their story of being paired up 17 years ago and becoming gold medalists in a sport that the United States has never done much in is pretty incredible. I’ve watched figure skating in the Olympics for years and never was ice dancing something relevant to an American crowd, that just wasn’t the kind of skating the US was good at.
Words just aren’t enough to express my gratitude for today… @CharlieaWhite #sochi2014 thank you! pic.twitter.com/xB3qFtASX0
— Meryl Davis (@Meryl_Davis) February 17, 2014
They have dominated ice dancing in the United States for years now, they are the six-time defending champions, and their last four world championship appearances have resulted in two golds and two silvers. They won silver in 2010 at the Olympics but now they are gold medalists.
2014 Olympic gold medalists @CharlieaWhite and @Meryl_Davis stopped by earlier with this message for their fans: pic.twitter.com/kcCezslA6g
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2014
The scores of Davis and White: 78.89 in the short dance, 116.63 in the free dance, and 195.52 in the total score, were all world records in the newer scoring system.
The gold medal in the Olympics will only propel Davis and White’s popularity to a new level in the US and at 26 and 27 their story would appear to be far from over.
