Maybe we'll take a walk or grab lunch, but mainly, we're both really stressed out. Seems kind of a waste to be in Italy and not have a romantic dinner on Valentine's Day, but that's the way it goes. We're not even rooming together. The guys' team rooms together and we [women] room together.

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That's when people start to get more desperate and are more willing to throw an elbow here or there.

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It's tough to say we had a 100 percent chance (at a medal), but with countries moving in and out of the bronze medal place, we definitely had a chance at one of the bronze or silvers. It just didn't happen, unfortunately. But I don't think we can be too upset. We skated good. There weren't any huge mistakes where someone fell down or we totally blew an exchange. With China and Canada, it's tough.

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You can't be a passive skater and expect to get to the finals, and have a chance at winning a medal. The passive skater does get lucky in our sport occasionally. But for the most part, you need the aggression in our sport. You need to want to win. You need to want to pass. You need to want to move up.

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