I did not watch any of the pair skating on Icenetwork, it was on when I was working or commuting Friday and due to the Kentucky-Auburn game it wasn't broadcasted here in Louisville. I really don't blame the local NBC affliate on showing a UK game over this event, you gotta satisfy Big Blue citizens in the heart of Big Blue Nation. US Pair Skating has not been as competitive over the past decade either, so I don't think there's a huge face base anywhere in the US clamoring to see a certain pair team skate.
Despite the lack of household name teams, there has been one team much touted by US Figure Skating over the past two years: Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker. They came into the event as the two-time reigning champs. They participated in all the media days for potential Olympians in the past year and recently picked up several endorsements leading into the Games. Despite their record over the past year couple of years they bombed the short program and didn't have a perfect long, placing them in fifth. They were not named to the Olympic team. While McLaughlin and Brubaker scratch their heads, I'm sure there are some executives at Proctor & Gamble scratching their heads too.
Instead, the new team of Denney and Barrett swept the short and long and earned a ticket to Vancouver, as the skaters of the moment.
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