Kam and O'Shea Deliver Career-Best Free Skate to Keep US Ahead in Olympic Team Figure Skating
Their 135.36-point free skate kept the U.S. pairs team in first place, maintaining a narrow lead over Japan with two events remaining at the Olympic figure skating team event.
- On Sunday night in Milan, Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea delivered the best free skate of their pairs career when the U.S. needed it most during the team figure skating event at the Milan Cortina Olympics with two events still to come.
- Following their Friday errors in the pairs' short program, the duo fell on the throw triple loop but finished fifth with a 66.59 score, incurring a one-point deduction.
- Scoring 135.36 points for the free skate, the pair skated a medley including 'Sweet Dreams', 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'.
- Their result kept the U.S. from losing a crucial point to Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, with the U.S. team on 51 points and Japan at 49 as the duel continues.
- With the women's and men's free skates still to come at Milano Ice Skating Arena, Ilia Malinin, two-time and reigning world champion, aims to secure a second consecutive team gold as the men may decide medals.
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