21.   The American pair of Aimee Offner and Douglas Cox held second.

22.   The momentum then swung sharply the way of the American pair.

23.   The momentum then swung the way of the American pair.

24.   The other American pair, Erin Elbe and Jeffrey Weiss, placed ninth in the short program in their world championship debut.

25.   The Russian pair of Marina Eltsova and Audrey Bushkov won the pairs short program, with the American pair of Jenni Meno and Todd Sand taking second.

26.   The other American pair, Tiffany Scott and Phillip Dulebohn was seventh.

27.   The relatively young American pair failed to capitalize on several break opporunities, including one where they earned triple-break point.

28.   With no American pair qualifying for the Tokyo event, the United States could send the top three couples to Salt Lake City.

29.   Another American pair, Kyodo Ina and Jason Dungjen, came in third.

30.   Basil Dixon, Dutch oarsman Gerritjan Eggenkamp and American pair Lucas McGee and Dan Perkins are the new boys in the Oxford line-up.