FRANCE TOPS ICE DANCE

Pink Floyd is not often at the top of the list when ice dancers make their music choices. But this season, two of the top teams in the world will use the British rock band's psychedelic stylings to fly in the face of convention.

Yesterday, world champions Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France won the compulsory dance at Skate America, the first of six Grand Prix events this season, with a Viennese waltz. The pair will unveil their Pink Floyd routine (The Great Gig in the Sky) tomorrow in the free dance.

The other Pink Floyd-based number, by Canadian champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, will remain unseen for a while as Virtue recovers from an injury.

Delobel and Schoenfelder left no doubt as to who won yesterday's event, scoring a strong 38.49 points.