11.   This week, they are favored, along with Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, to qualify for the two Olympic pairs berths at the national championships in Philadelphia.

12.   Yesterday, the ISU issued an unprecedented statement in the wake of the controversy over the judging of the Olympic pairs competition.

13.   Performances by Olympic pair skaters Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman and the Radio City Rockettes were taped earlier and aired during the show.

14.   A moment of silence was observed prior to the competition to honor the memory of Sergei Grinkov, the two-time Olympic pairs champion with wife Ekaterina Gordeeva.

15.   Also skating in his home town is former Olympic pairs champion Artur Dmitriev with his new partner Oksana Kazakova.

16.   Despite everything, Le Gougne maintains she was the best judge at the Olympic pairs competition.

17.   He won European, world and Olympic pairs figure skating titles with Natasha Mishkutienok.

18.   Le Gougne denies she threw her vote to Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze at the expense of Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier in the Olympic pairs competition.

19.   Le Gougne is denying she threw her vote to Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze at the expense of the Canadians in the Olympic pairs competition.

20.   That friendship was undoubtedly strained after the Russians were initially awarded Olympic pairs gold over the Canadians last month.