31.   Junior world champion pairs Danielle Hartsell and Steve Hartsell of the United States finished seventh, attempting only a double axel when most of the other pairs completed triples.

32.   Shimizu and FitzRandolph will skate in the last two pairs and both skaters will have to skate the final inside lane.

33.   Unlike the other pair, Horne is a right-hander.

34.   Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, the former world champions from Russia, were second despite skating first of the nine pairs.

35.   The three pairs each won two matches but Hong Kong clinched qualification by that point.

36.   There were errors in their programme, with Shishkova especially prone, but the high points were beyond the other pairs who made mistakes too.