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by George Rossano
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(5 February 2014) For the first time since Ice Dance was added to the Olympic program in 1976 a new event will be contested in figure skating at the Winter Games. Teams from ten countries will participate in the inaugural event. The countries represented consist of:
Teams consist of one man, one woman, one pair team and one ice dance couple. The first round of the competition consists of the skating of the short programs and short dance. The starting order is the reverse order of the world rankings, with the lowest ranked skater or couple skating first. Placement points are awarded with a first place earning 10 points, second place 9 points, third place 8 points, etc. The top five teams advance to the final round where the free skates and free dances are performed. Teams can switch up to two skaters or couples between the short programs/dance and free skate/dance, provided the country has more than one entry in the relevant discipline. In this year's competition two of the countries (France and Ukraine) have only one entry in each discipline and thus will not be able to make any substitutions. In the free skate/dance the start order is the reverse order of the result in the short program/dance. In the case of a substitution, the exchanged skater takes the start order spot of the skater being replaced. In the final round points are again earned by placement. The points for each team in all eight segments (short and long for each discipline) are added together for the total team score. If teams have the same total score there are several tie breakers.
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