31.   Later Friday, the final free dance was scheduled with world and Olympic champions Oksana Gritschuk and Yevgeny Platov of Russia on the verge of their first European title.

32.   Medals will be awarded after the free dance on Monday.

33.   Next comes the original dance on Thursday, followed by the free dance Friday.

34.   Putting together new free dance, complete with new costume and music.

35.   Standing third heading into the free dance were Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev, but they are ineligible to go because Tchernyshev is not an American citizen.

36.   That will be Thursday afternoon with the final free dance Friday night.

37.   The decision goes down to the final free dance on Friday.

38.   The championships continue Friday with free dance for the ice dancers and the short program for the women.

39.   The free dance is Friday night.

40.   The final free dance is Friday.