US ice dance champs begin road to Olympics in Moscow event

FILE – In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 file photo, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani from the United States perform during the Ice Dance Free Dance program at the Taiwan ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei. The icy road to the 2018 Winter Olympics begins in earnest with the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Perhaps the United States’ best hopes for making the Grand Prix finals and also to medal at Pyeongchang are brother-sister combination Alex and Maia Shibutani. The two-time national ice dance champions make their season debut in Moscow. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)