1.   Cinquanta insisted the French pair got a fair hearing.

2.   For now, they are the most famous French pair in the whole of the United States.

3.   For the French pair, and four other of their countrymen, it is a time to be savored.

4.   French pairs skater Stephane Bernadis overcame the shock of a razor attack at his hotel by an unknown assailant to team with Sarah Abitbol and win the bronze medal.

5.   French pair Sarah Abetsol and Stephane Bernadis withdrew because of illness.

6.   French pair Sarah Abitol and Stephane Bernadis were third.

7.   French pair Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat came in second in both programs.

8.   French pairs champion Stephane Bernadis said the controversy at the Winter Games did not come as a surprise.

9.   In front of a exuberant crowd, the French pair held service to win the match.

10.   In the ice dancing, the Russian pair of Anjelika Krylov and Oleg Ovsiannikov skated at blazing speed to defeat the French pair of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat.