Silver medalist Russians take lead in ice dancing at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic silver medalists Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh of Russia perform their first compulsory dance in ice dancing at the World Figure Skating Championships at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 19. Lobacheva and Averbukh earned the best scores to lead the field of 28 pairs.

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