1.   Almost carbonated in her personality, Slutskaya is a passionate Russian who emotes on every note of her long program.

2.   An intense shell game is on with the long program, which accounts for two-thirds of the final score and will be held Saturday.

3.   Among the top three, whoever wins the long program, wins the gold.

4.   And a quad-triple in the long program is now a must for a medal.

5.   And in skating, lyrics outweigh physics as the tiebreaker in the decisive long program.

6.   And Kwan did it last year in Nice, when she was third after the long program and landed seven triples to knock out the Russians.

7.   And Kwan needed to do more than win the long program.

8.   And Urmanov has had fatigue problems in the past during his long program.

9.   Anyone in the top three after the short wins by taking the long program.

10.   Any of the top three skaters who then wins the long program also wins the entire competition.