...U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Dallas. That puts them in first place - ahead of four-time U.S. champs Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev. The free dance, worth 50 percent of the final score, is Friday. "We're aware that it's...

...the medal count of any U.S. team in the Winter Olympics. These are not just Midwestern and Northern snow people. Naomi Lang, who seems to have a brilliant future in ice dancing, became the first Native American to participate in a Winter Olympics...

...Peter Tchernyshev, who won the last five ice dance titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with partner Naomi Lang, is a Russian who became an American citizen in January 2001. Khalid Khannouchi, who set a world record in the marathon...

...interpreter. "There's a lot of curiosity and a lot of interest around the Olympics." Four-time U.S. champions Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev were tied for 11th after the two compulsories, 20 percent of the final score. The other Americans...

...not used to the role of leaders yet. We've never even won a Grand Prix event and are usually second." Americans Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev finished Tuesday's compulsory dances in ninth place.

...Italians' routine. Canada's Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz tumbled to the ice at the end of their program. Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev, winners of the last four American championships, finished 11th. Still, their first Olympics...

...worth 50 percent of each couple's overall score. The Americans trail the leaders. Four-time national champions Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev were tied for 11th after the compulsories while Beata Handra and Charles Sinek were 20th. "We...

...Sikharulidze, and China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo are on another level. Same thing for four-time U.S. dance champs Naomi Lang and Peter Tcherynshev. They are, by far, the best American dancers, but a top five finish would be impressive against...

...be impressive in Ina's third Olympics, but her first with Zimmerman at her side. Four-time U.S. dance champs Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev have closed the gap on the Europeans, but not nearly enough to break into the medals mix. Besides...

...three heading into Monday night's free dance, which is worth half the total score. Four-time American champions Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev finished 11th in the original dance, worth 30 percent of the total score. That placed them 11th...