Word: medalling
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...placed the Canadian pair behind the Russians. Both couples skated powerful programs and both chose hauntingly romantic themes for the finals on Monday night. Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze had the weight on history on their blades; they were skating to maintain a Russia's 38-year stranglehold on the gold medal for pairs skating at the Olympics...
...thought Sale and Pelletier were the clear winners, five judges, from Russia, China, France, Poland and Ukraine ranked Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze first. "It's an embarrassment for the sport, absolutely," says Lori Nichol, who choreographed the Canadians' program. Sale held back tears only long enough to receive her silver medal, and Pelletier broke down at the press conference minutes afterward...
...couple into their two-year old program, which still seemed as fresh and as passionate as the first time they performed it in 1999. Sale, despite the run-in and some lingering stomach pain, landed her throw jumps with more solid confidence than the gold-medal winning Berezhnaya had a few minutes before, and when the Canadians skated off the ice, they thought they had won gold...
...FitzRandolph, the American who's currently in first place, and who also happens to be one of Wotherspoon's best friends. Just as he stops directly across the barrier from me, I notice that FitzRandolph looks pretty dejected for someone who's got a good chance of winning a medal...
...Everybody’s asking us about the gold medal game when we haven’t even played our preliminary games yet,” said U.S. women’s team captain Cammi Granato. “Our goal is obviously to get there, but we have to take it one step at a time...