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The Israeli ice dancing team of Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky finished in 10th place at the 2010 Winter Olympics following their performance in the free dance on Feb. 22 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
The brother-and-sister duo — who reside in Garfield, NJ — earned a score of 90.64 in the free dance, and a score of 180.26 overall.
They skated to music from Schindler’s List, chosen in part as a tribute to 27 family members that died in Minsk, Belarus, during the Holocaust. “The music is amazing. We just weren’t sure we could skate it or not,” Roman Zaretsky said. “I think it brought the balance — music and skating together. It doesn’t matter when you hear it, it’s the greatest music, and we wanted to try it.”
On Sunday evening, Roman Zaretsky wore a kipa as part of the skaters’ costumes as they performed their program to “Hava Nagilla.”
Prior to competing, the Zaretskys had said they hoped to break the top 10 in their Olympic finish.
Americans Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, who is Jewish, finished in fourth place with a total score of 203.07, missing a bronze medal by four points. They won the silver medal in 2006.
Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky. Photo by Andrew Mills/Star-Ledger
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