1.   After two compulsory ice dances, Kazakhstan, Japan and China held the top three places.

2.   Also scheduled was the original dance portion of ice dance.

3.   After year of dominating the pairs and ice dance in the former Soviet Union days, the individual skaters now are now in the forefront.

4.   Alexei Yagudin is ahead in the men and Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov are in first in the ice dance.

5.   Americans Jessica Joseph and Charles Butler won the gold medal for ice dance at the world junior figure skating championships Friday.

6.   Also starting then is ice dance, which includes world bronze medalists Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh of Russia.

7.   Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov resume competition in the ice dance after a day of rest.

8.   By then, perhaps the United States will have medal contenders in pairs and ice dance.

9.   Canadian couples dominated the ice dance, holding down three of the top four spots after the original dance.

10.   Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, the four-time U.S. champions beginning their final season as Olympic eligibles, won the compulsories in ice dance.