Davis-White third, Belbin-Agosto fourth after compulsory dance

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Meryl Davis (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Charlie White (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) were third and Tanith Belbin (Aston, Pa.) and Ben Agosto (Chicago) fourth after the compulsory program in ice dancing competition at the Vancouver Games.

Davis/White received a score of 41.47, 1.27 behind the second-place team of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. Belbin/Agosto received a 40.83, 2.93 off the leaders, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia. Emily Samuelson (Novi, Mich.) and Evan Bates (Ann Arbor, Mich.) were 14th with a 31.37.

The original dance will be held Sunday, Feb. 21, at 4:15 p.m. PST, with the free dance scheduled for Monday, Feb. 22, at 4:45 p.m. PST.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada