1.   Berezhnaya fell during the free program, but she and Sikharulidze still finished ahead of the technically superior Chinese pair of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.

2.   In the Chinese pair Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, Miller says, she found skaters who were highly skilled technically but whose performances suffered aesthetically.

3.   Miller traveled to Beijing, where she and the ice dancers Renee Roca and Gorsha Sur worked with the Chinese pair.

4.   The bronze went to the Chinese pair of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who could not convert the first throw quad ever attempted in competition.

5.   A trechnically superior but less artistic Chinese pair was second.

6.   A technically superior but less artistic Chinese pair was second.

7.   After a slow start Saturday, the Chinese pair powered their way through the second and third sets and appeared ready to seize the match in four sets.

8.   An aggressive net game by the Chinese pair forced Lee and Choong back against the base line.

9.   Chinese pair Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo overcame a shaky landing on the throw jump at the start to place second.

10.   Footage shot by Canadian television showed the two judges glancing at each other and appearing to talk before the results for the Chinese pair were announced.