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Coming from behind French favorites rebound to win ice dance title
Posted: Friday March 31, 2000 04:12 PM
NICE, France (AP) -- Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizeret of France rallied to win the ice dance title at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday, ending a Russian victory streak. The Moscow-born Anissina and Peizerat won the free skate with a dramatic routine to "Carmina Burana" to overtake Italians Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio. Anissina and Peizerat scored four 6.0s for presentation. It was the first time a non-Russian couple have won an ice dance title since 1991 when Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay won the ice dance title for France. Third went to Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas who gave Lithuania its first world figure skating medal ever. They moved past Russians Irina Lobaceva and Ilya Averbukh for the bronze. It was also the first time since 1968 a Russian or Soviet ice dance couple did not win a medal. Last year's world champions, Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov, did not defend the title because of her back problems. Americans Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev were eighth and former junior world champions Jamie Silverstein and Justin Pekarek were 12th.
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