Olympic team figure skating competition

Gracie Gold of the United States performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace.

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia after their team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_208.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Meryl Davis and Charlie White (USA) perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_429.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yulia Lipnitskaia of Russia performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_196.jpg

Jason Brown (USA) performs in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace.

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia after his performance in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_170.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USA perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_212.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia performs in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_169.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (CAN) perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_413.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; American Jason Brown falls in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports sequence ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_157.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Gracie Gold (USA) performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_351.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yulia Lipnitskaia (RUS) performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_377.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Cathy Reed and Chris Reed of Japan perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_199.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; American Jason Brown waits for his scores in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_161.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_203.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yulia Lipnitskaia of Russia with her coach Eteri Tutberidze and teammates after the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_192.jpg

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (CAN) perform in the team ice dance free dance.

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy perform in the team ice dance free dance during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_205.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Gracie Gold of the USA sees her scores after the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_183.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Kevin Reynolds (CAN) performs in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_322.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Tatsuki Machida (JPN) performs in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_332.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Valentina Marchei (ITA) performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_368.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia performs in the team men free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_171.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Akiko Suzuki (JPN) performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_358.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Valentina Marchei of Italy performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_190.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Gracie Gold of the USA gets a hug from teammate Jason Brown after performing in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140208_mam_usa_182.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) performs in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_336.jpg

Feb 9, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) falls in the team ladies free skate during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-GRP-460 ORIG FILE ID: 20140209_jla_am8_338.jpg

Ashley Wagner (USA) performs during the team ladies short program.

Ashley Wagner of USA celebrates her scores after the figure skating team ladies short program.

Yulia Lipnitskaya (RUS) performs during the team ladies short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports

Mae Bernice Meite of France during the figure skating team ladies short program

Nathalie Weinzierl of Germany falls during the figure skating team ladies short program.

Jenna McCorkell of Great Britain during the figure skating team ladies short program.

Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) performs during the team ladies short program.

Zhang Kexin of China during the figure skating team ladies short program.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform in the team ice dance short program.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USA perform in the team ice dance short program.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USA perform in the team ice dance short program.

Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy perform in the team ice dance short program.

Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia perform in the team ice dance short program.

Huang Xintong, left, and Zheng Xun perform in the team ice dance short dance program.

Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Dmitri Dun (UKR) perform in the team ice dance short dance program.

Cathy Reed and Chris Reed (JPN) perform in the team ice dance short dance program.

Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi (GER) perform in the team ice dance short dance program.

Nathallie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France perform in the team ice dance short program.

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir (USA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_448.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir (USA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_469.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir (USA) react in the kiss and cry area after performing in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_452.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (CAN) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_495.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (CAN) react with teammates in the kiss and cry area after performing in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_491.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_509.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_499.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres (FRA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_483.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres (FRA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_484.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir (USA) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_462.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao (CHN) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_441.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao (CHN) in the kiss and cry area after performing in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_442.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende (GER) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_424.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Julia Lavrentieva and Yuri Rudyk (UKR) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_414.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende (GER) kiss after performing in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_422.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Julia Lavrentieva and Yuri Rudyk (UKR) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_408.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_387.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_388.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) in the kiss and cry area after performing in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_396.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Stacey Kemp and David King (GBR) perform in the figure skating team pairs short program during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172974 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_402.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Evgeny Plyushchenko (RUS) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_307.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Patrick Chan (CAN) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_370.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Patrick Chan (CAN) sits in the kiss and cry area with his teammates after performing during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_366.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Jeremy Abbott (USA) falls during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_316.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Jeremy Abbott (USA) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_327.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Peter Liebers (GER) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_336.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yakov Godorozha (UKR) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_284.jpg

Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (ITA) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace.

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_384.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Evgeny Plyushchenko (RUS) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_292.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yan Han (CHN) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_usa_345.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_381.jpg

Feb 6, 2014; Sochi, RUSSIA; Matthew Parr (GBR) performs during the figure skating team men short program in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Iceberg Skating Palace. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-172970 ORIG FILE ID: 20140206_jla_am8_278.jpg