...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.

...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 were a thrill for...

...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 know we're as strong...

...assured Olympic officials the ice dance event will "be presented in the most proper way." U.S. ice dancer Peter Tchernyshev said he wasn't worried. "I don't think it's a predetermined event," he said. "It's pretty clear that...

...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, nationals was...

...the United States all the time - for good reason." Belbin is hardly the first athlete to run into this problem. Peter Tchernyshev, who won the last five ice dance titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with partner Naomi Lang, is...

...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 only half over and...

...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 overall. While...

...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, Beata Handra...

...out their ballots. "Judges are spectators in a way, so they also have subjective opinions," U.S. performer Peter Tchernyshev said. Thank goodness, then, for the monotonous compulsories, worth 20 percent of a couple's total score. Each...