"It was a good show from the team of how to lose a race, " he said.

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If there had been any doubts over my form - and I had not been told there were until Tuesday - it would have been a good opportunity to show people what I can do, but it was not meant to be.

BBC: Andy Gomarsall column

"Making it was one thing and not making fools of ourselves when we got there was another but I think we gave a good show of ourselves, " said Van Hattum, recalling the matches he played in against Scotland, the Soviet Union and Brazil almost three decades ago.

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Actually, I had to go back and show my face around class and it was also a good chance to get away and get some work done with my coach Ben Hannan.

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"We owe it to the fans as there was a good travelling support that day and we didn't show up, " he admitted.

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It was Cooper's good friend Alisa Camplin who stole the show in the aerials at Deer Valley, and capped a tremendous three days for her nation after Steven Bradbury's equally stunning, if fortuitous, short-track skating triumph on Saturday.

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