1.   WITH no singles matches scheduled yesterday, the spotlight in the Midland Bank World Indoor Bowling Championships at Preston fell on the pairs event.

2.   Bican said she performed better Saturday in the all-around finals than she did Sunday in the mixed pairs event, a more casual competition.

3.   He is the star of the pairs event.

4.   If anything, LeGougne has her own score card from the pairs event to support her ability to judge clearly.

5.   It was, simply put, the most bizarre pairs event in world figure skating history.

6.   Judges are prohibited from discussing their decisions until after the competition, but Lavoie did not respond to a request to comment privately about scoring in the pairs event.

7.   Once former Russian world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov and US titlists Jenni Meno and Todd Sand withdrew with injuries, the pairs event was wide open.

8.   Several other skating officials are expected to testify, including Ron Pfenning, the referee of the Olympic pairs event.

9.   The pairs event is no longer a stable mix.

10.   Abitbol and Bernadis took the pairs event making the fewer mistakes of the top couples.