The duo scored 120.27 points in their free skate for 185.82 points overall. The became the first American pair to execute the quad twist on Olympic ice.
“Unfortunately, too many mistakes today," Scimeca-Knierim said. "It was one of our lowest scores. I was sick last night and this morning with a normal stomach bug. I had asked Chris to kind of pick up the slack for me today because I knew I was going to be more fatigued, but then my adrenalin kicked in and I rose to the occasion. I think his fatigue might have set in because he was concerned for me.”
The German pair of Alkona Savchenko and Bruno Massot won the gold medal, while Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada took silver and bronze, respectively.
The pair won the bronze medal as part of the team event earlier in the week. The men’s competition begins on Friday at 10 a.m. (Thursday, 8 p.m. ET) with the short program
