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By Stephanie Apstein The Americans are still likely to medal, but Sunday’s performance revealed their indifference about the team competition. BEIJING — Realistically, Team USA wasn’t going to win gold in the team figure skating event. Sunday’s frustrating performance just made that clear. Two days after three Friday sessions unexpectedly left the Americans in first place by two points, Karen Chen and Vincent Zhou helped give Russia a lead it is unlikely to relinquish, 45 points to 42. The U.S. needed to keep it close in the women’s short program and men’s free skate to stay within a mistake o…