Pain Eases for American Ice Dancer Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History Nagano Countries Related Items Grishuk and Platov repeat as Olympic champions.
Russian couple has basic instinct for the gold.
The defending Olympic champions were in first after the compulsories . Her father, Ernesto Punsalan, was dead, fatally stabbed by her younger brother only days before she and her husband-partner Jerod Swallow were supposed to leave for the Olympics. Four years later, the pain has eased. This time, the Olympics are a time for celebration. Punsalan and Swallow had been married less than six months when they got the shattering, heartbreaking call.