Meryl Davis and Charlie White beats Belbin and Agosto

Five-time U.S. champions Belbin and Agosto have been beaten by Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the U.S. Championships ice dance competition. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto’s record score in 2008 of 216.09, has also been surpassed by Davis and White — a meet record score of 222.29 for the University of Michigan juniors.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White danced on Saturday to the “Phantom of the Opera”.

Davis, 23, and White, 22, who have been skating together for nearly 14 years, delighted the Spokane Arena crowd with their eye-catching lifts, especially one in which they were positioned in opposite directions. She is sitting on the back of his shoulders, with her arms spread, balancing her left leg on White’s right calf as he skates backward.

Belbin and Agosto, the 2006 Olympic silver medalists, relentlessly downplayed the significance of winning a sixth title, saying they were treating this as a final practice for the OIympics, a rationalization that effectively made a mockery of nationals, LA Times reports.

Watch video: Meryl Davis and Charlie White “Phantom of the Opera”