DANCE

The U.S. may have suffered in Calgary, but in Galway, Ireland, American dancers won gold and silver medals at the 19th World Irish Dancing Championships, which ended yesterday. John Jennings, from the Golden School of Irish dancing in New York, won the world title in the competition for 17-19-year-old boys, with second place going to another New Yorker, Neill Reagan, of the Irish Free dance school. The event drew more than 4,000 participants from nine countries.