Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea falter in the free skate but underscore a bright future for US pairs

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MILAN (AP) — Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea did not have the kind of pairs free skate they envisioned at the Olympics. At least the Americans have that team gold medal to console them. No doubt exhausted by performing for the fourth time at the Winter Games, the U.S. team struggled after a strong short program that had put them in seventh place, bringing their Olympic debut to a close with a ninth-place finish in the pairs event on Monday night. Their teammates, Emily Chan and Spencer Howe,