Miscellany

Marina Klimova will be able to defend her world ice dancing title. The Soviet skater, who with her husband and partner Sergei Ponomarenko are the three-time defending champions, was cleared of suspicion of using banned drugs. The International Skating Union said a Jan. 26 doping test Klimova failed at the European Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, was refuted by the second test at a German laboratory.