Rumba numbers are harsh, ice dancers say

Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Team Event Ice Dance short dance – Gangneung Ice Arena - Gangneung, South Korea – February 11, 2018 - Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Judging of the ice dance in the team event at the Pyeongchang Olympics has been harsh, especially for the mandatory rumba, competitors said on Sunday.

Americans Maia and Alex Shibutani, the 2017 world bronze medallists, finished second behind Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and said their score of 4.91 points for the rumba sequence, a figure integrated into their technical elements score, was lower than expected.