1.   There were three ice skating pairs on the plane.

2.   The Olympic ice dancing pairs we were hoping to see were Bill and Hillary Clinton against Ken Starr and Monica Lewinsky.

3.   Together, the two ice skating pairs hugged.

4.   The German ice dancing pair of Rene Lohse and Kati Winkler will miss the Olympics after Lohse injured himself during practice for the Sparkassen Cup thursday.

5.   The Russian ice dance pair, Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov, secured their lead over French couple Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat during the original dance section Thursday.