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MILAN — U.S. figure skating pair Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea found redemption on Sunday.
Kam and O'Shea competed in the pairs' free skate on Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, two days after suffering a fall in the pairs' short program portion of the team event on Friday. Kam and O'Shea needed to skate a clean program to keep Team USA on top of the podium and the duo did just that.
Kam fought for several landings, including the throw triple loop that she previously fell on during the pairs' short program. But the pair turned in a solid performance that earned a season-best score of 135.36 points.
It was enough to keep the Americans in the lead. The U.S. team entered the final day of the team event in first place with 44 points, five points ahead of second-place Japan and seven points ahead of third-place Italy.
Kam and O'Shea duo suffered a fall in the pairs' short program on Friday after Kam was unable to land the throw triple loop. Kam and O'Shea finished in fifth place with a score of 66.59 after incurring a one-point deduction for the fall.
Kam and O'Shea skated to a medley of pop hits "Sweet Dreams," "Eleanor Rigby," and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." O'Shea fell on an individual jump during the six-minute warm-up period, and Kam additionally fell on a throw.
Amber Glenn is set to skate the women's single free skate for the team event, while Ilia Malinin will wrap things up for the Americans in the men's single's free skate.
These are the planned elements for Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea's pairs' free skate:
This story will be updated with the results from their program.
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MILAN — U.S. figure skating pair Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea found redemption on Sunday.
Kam and O'Shea competed in the pairs' free skate on Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, two days after suffering a fall in the pairs' short program portion of the team event on Friday. Kam and O'Shea needed to skate a clean program to keep Team USA on top of the podium and the duo did just that.
Kam fought for several landings, including the throw triple loop that she previously fell on during the pairs' short program. But the pair turned in a solid performance that earned a season-best score of 135.36 points.
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It was enough to keep the Americans in the lead. The U.S. team entered the final day of the team event in first place with 44 points, five points ahead of second-place Japan and seven points ahead of third-place Italy.
Kam and O'Shea duo suffered a fall in the pairs' short program on Friday after Kam was unable to land the throw triple loop. Kam and O'Shea finished in fifth place with a score of 66.59 after incurring a one-point deduction for the fall.
Kam and O'Shea skated to a medley of pop hits "Sweet Dreams," "Eleanor Rigby," and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." O'Shea fell on an individual jump during the six-minute warm-up period, and Kam additionally fell on a throw.
Amber Glenn is set to skate the women's single free skate for the team event, while Ilia Malinin will wrap things up for the Americans in the men's single's free skate.
These are the planned elements for Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea's pairs' free skate:
- Triple Twist Lift
- Triple Toeloop
- Triple Salchow+Double Axel+Double Axel+SEQ
- Throw Triple Lutz
- Backward Outside Death Spiral
- Throw Triple Loop
- Group 5 Reverse Lasso Lift
- Pair Combination Spin
- Group 4 Lift
- Choreo Sequence
- Group 5 Axel Lasso Lift
This story will be updated with the results from their program.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: USA's Ellie Kam, Danny O'Shea turn in solid free skate in Olympics team event
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