11.   Russian pairs skater Sergei Grinkov, who was to have performed with his wife and partner, Ekaterina Gordeeva, died of a heart attack in November.

12.   Sixth place is all they managed, and it should not shock you by now to know that yet another Russian pair slipped into fifth.

13.   The gold-medal winning Russian pairs skaters, Anton Sikharulidze and Yelena Berezhnaya, also train here.

14.   The Russian pair of Oksana Kazakova and two-time Olympic medalist Artur Dmitriev lead through the short program.

15.   The Russian pairs skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze also retained their gold medals.

16.   The Russian pair won.

17.   The U.S. ice dance champions, Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernychev, were up on the dais along with the Russian pairs skaters Navka and Roman Kostomarov.

18.   Their performance buried one Russian pair, former world champions Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov, after Bushkov stepped out of his side-by-side jump.

19.   There was no immediate indication whether the Russian pair, or the bronze-winning Chinese, would also be there.

20.   To the Russian pair, they offered mixed sympathy.