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	Anton Sikharulidze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze was born October 25, 1976.
		Before being paired with Berezhnaya, Sikharulidze was World Junior Champion and finished as high as sixth at Senior Worlds with Maria Petrova, who went on to become World Champion in 2000 with Alexei Tikhonov.
		In 1998, after a very ugly fall during the final moments of their long program, Anton joked that it was "their new landing position." During the SLC controversy, Anton's humorous comments did much to diffuse a tense situation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anton_Sikharulidze (349 words)

	2002 Olympic Pairs Free Skate Analysis
		Anton sets her down on one foot and they both extend and hold the exit edge nicely.
		This is followed by interweaving steps into a move where Anton is doing a back spiral with his leg extended in front, which Elena holds while she does a regular forward spiral.
		Aside from error by Anton on his double axel which was very obvious but not terribly disruptive, there were a few places where they seemed a little off-balance or a little tentative, not quite in their comfort zone.
	www.frogsonice.com /skateweb/articles/slc-pairs.shtml (2175 words)

	Barry Mittan - Electronic Photojournalist - Articles
		Anton skated in international competitions with Maria Petrova, winning the Junior Worlds in 1994 and 1995 and finishing eighth and sixth at Worlds, but said he had problems with his coach: "I was thinking of changing coaches, but not partners," he said.
		Anton, who had met Elena at competitions, came along to help because she was important to him.
		During her recovery, Anton was one of her most frequent visitors, talking and reading to her, as she learned to talk and write again in intensive therapy sessions.
	www.jbmittan.com /articles/a-berezhnaya.htm (1066 words)

	WTAworld.com - Olympics Pairs Free Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze won that phase of the competition fairly convincingly in an 7-2 decision over Sale and Pelletier that was not at all controversial at the time.
		My feeling is that Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze had a stronger and more difficult program that is closer to the ideal of what pair skating is supposed to be, but Sale and Pelletier gave the stronger and more convincing performance.
		I suppose two golds is a good resolution, were it not for the fact that Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze haven't been treated well by the media: this is meant to be a perfect conclusion, with the rules redone, Le Gougne suspended and the wronged pair given their gold.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=10418 (3001 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: An Accidental Pairing, a Perfect Couple
		On Sunday night, it was Berezhnaya who rubbed Sikharulidze’s knee in the kiss-and-cry zone after their disappointing short program, reassuring her partner that his fall on their side-by-side triple toe loops did not mean that all was lost.
		Close to Berezhnaya even before she left Russia to train with Sliakov in Latvia, he kept a close eye on what most people in figure skating knew to be a tempestuous working relationship between the two skaters, one that, at times, left Berezhnaya feeling both intimidated and almost fearful.
		Sikharulidze was shocked when he saw Berezhnaya, a wisp of a young woman who looked even more frail than he had expected.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/figskate/articles/pairs10.htm (1063 words)

	Elena Berezhnaya - Bio And Pictures Including Anton Sikharulidze - Smucker's Stars On Ice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the face of this controversy, Elena and Anton conducted themselves with dignity, and set an example for sportsmanship when Canadians Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were also awarded the pair’s gold medal.
		Anton was twice a World Junior Champion with Maria Petrova (who later became the 2000 World Champion with Alexei Tikhonov).
		Anton enjoyed the close proximity to New York City and its Russian district, and Elena explored new pursuits of karate and drawing classes.
	www.starsonice.com /cast/cast_detail.asp?CastID=93 (481 words)

	Canadians sore losers, Russians say - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		He said the controversy and upheaval surrounding Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze's gold-medal victory is unwarranted.
		Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya skated a more difficult program with greater speed and artistry than their competitors, Moskvina said.
		She and Sikharulidze were impressed with the quality of ice at the competition and with the quality of the Games in general, she said.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000680,00.html (548 words)

	Russian Gold Medallists To Sue U.S. Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		According to Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya, they have been insulted twice: first during the Salt Lake City games, when the skating results degenerated into a farce, and their victory was contested; and now, as TV companies have been using their photos in reports on Russian organized crime and fixing at the Olympic games.
		Sikharulidze said that TV channels had shown photos of the gold medallists at the same time as running reports on the Uzbek-born Russian mobster Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, alias Taivanchik ("the Taiwanese"), who was detained earlier this week in Italy.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze won the event in a 5-4 judging split; Anissian and Peizerta won their event by a similar margin.
	www.tol.cz /look/wire/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=10&NrIssue=424&NrSection=1&NrArticle=6249 (989 words)

	JS Online: Decision disappoints skaters, infuriates Muscovites
		This is the flip side of the IOC decision to award a gold medal to the Canadian couple whose Monday night silver medal prompted such an enormous outcry.
		Sikharulidze's bitterness is not directed at Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, who received a second set of gold medals for the pairs figure skating event that ended in controversy.
		For Sikharulidze and partner Elena Berezhnaya, what should be the brightest moment of their lives has been tarnished by something out of their control.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/oly02/feb02/20673.asp?format=print (514 words)

	B&S Story
		Anton, who had broken up with his partner due to a dispute, came to Latvia once he had heard about what had happened.
		Elena and Anton have the jumps, throws, lifts, and all of the technical ability of champions, but that's not what sets them apart.
		No matter what lies in the future for Elena and Anton, they will always be champions in the hearts of their fans.
	members.tripod.com /~bsonline/story.html (425 words)

	KJOY :: Sarah Hughes
		Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze struck gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, fulfilling their lifes work and carrying on the long Russian tradition of excellence in pair skating.
		She at age four when her mother took her to a local rink for fun, while he first stepped onto the ice at age five when his parents enrolled him in a skating school for health and activity.
		Little more than a year thereafter, Elena and Anton won the silver medal at the 1998 Olympics and captured their first of back-to-back world titles.
	www.kjoy.com /contest_sarah_EleneBerzhnaya.htm (458 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Other Sports:Olympics Notebook 02/25/02
		SALT LAKE CITY -- Russian pairs skater Anton Sikharulidze believes the judging furor and other controversies were a publicity gold mine for the games.
		Sikharulidze and partner Yelena Berezhnaya played down the uproar over their victory, the first in a series of events that angered Russian Olympic officials.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were awarded the gold over Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier in a close decision, but Sale and Pelletier later were awarded their own gold after a French judge said she was pressured to vote a certain way.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/022502/oly_124-5985.shtml (717 words)

	The Kurt Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the heart of the brouhaha were Russian pairs skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, who won the gold medal -- only to have their golden moment tarnished by scandal.
		Anton, a friend from the rink who also was skating with another partner, traveled to Riga with Elena's mother when he heard the devastating news.
		In fact, Anton later confessed in their first year together on the ice, he thought about her accident every time he lifted her.
	www.kurtfiles.com /articles/article.php?id=503&cat=SOI (713 words)

	rediff.com sports: Russians survive battles on and off ice
		Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze came under heavy pressure from an unfriendly media after beating Canada's Jamie Sale and David Pelletier by the narrowest of margins in Monday's figure skating pairs.
		Sikharulidze got into a shouting match with one of the Russian reporters who yelled: "You have to be ashamed of yourself if you are not speaking in your native language.
		Sikharulidze had escaped unhurt from a full-speed collision with Sale during the pre-skate warm-ups which felled the petite Canadian.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/feb/12oly2.htm (480 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Sale, Sikharulidze crash during warmups - Tuesday February 12, 2002 ...
		Sikharulidze, who had to skate only about five minutes after the crash, won the gold medal with partner Elena Berezhnaya.
		Sikharulidze came over and put his hands on her shoulders, asking if she was OK.
		Ditto for Sale, who had a little extra time to regroup since she and Pelletier were the second-last of the 20 couples to skate.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/11/pairs_crash_ap (528 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Ups and downs of Russia's pair
		Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, the Russian pair embroiled in the biggest controversy of the Games so far, are no strangers to the drama they currently face.
		Nevertheless, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze will perhaps be less surprised than anyone else at the situation they find themselves in.
		Even before the latest controversy broke, Sikharulidze was moved to speak of the traumas of their recent past.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1813000/1813228.stm (504 words)

	CNN.com - Russian skaters: 'We are winners' - February 15, 2002
		Russian gold medal winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze and their legendary Russian skating coach, Tamara Moskvina, joined CNN's Larry King to discuss their controversial win in Olympic pairs figures skating.
		KING: Anton, there are reports in some circles, stories that the possibility of giving them a gold medal as well, gold medals for both of you.
		SIKHARULIDZE: You know, I'm a skater, and I'm here to show how we skate for audiences and for people.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/US/02/15/russian.skaters.lkl.cnna (1151 words)

	rediff.com sports: Figure skating-Russian pair preserve dynasty
		Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze kept Russia's Olympic pair skating dynasty alive on Monday, winning the country's 11th consecutive Winter Games pairs title.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, the 1998 Olympic silver medallists, were ranked first by five of the nine judges ahead of Canada's world champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, who claimed silver.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze performed a passionate routine to Jules Massenet's Meditation from the opera Thais, which featured soaring, intricate lifts, precise throw jumps and perfectly-timed spins, yet they failed to ignite the audience.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/feb/12oly1.htm (409 words)

	Topstory 1
		They are, from left, silver medalists David Pelletier and Jame Sale of Canada, gold medalists Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya of Russia and bronze medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China.
		Sikharulidze stepped out of a double axel, and they couldn't match the Canadians' emotion.
		But Sikharulidze refused to apologize for the shiny golden disc hanging around his neck.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/special_reports/Olympics2002/figure_skating/topstory004.asp (1228 words)

	TIME: The Miracle on Ice
		As soon as Berezhnaya got out of the hospital, Sikharulidze, a friend who was having problems with his skating partner, whisked her off to St. Petersburg to see Moskvina.
		For Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya this is the ultimate compliment, especially considering how new their partnership is. Most pairs take four or five years just to get attuned to one another, never mind becoming Olympic favorites.
		With all the attention surrounding Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya, Oksana Kazakova, 22, and Artur Dmitriev, 30, are destined to be known as the "other" Russian pair.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/1998/int/980209/nagano_1998.figure_skati31.html (532 words)

	Petrova-Tikhonov.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although this was considered late by some standards, Maria proved she was able to handle this responsibility and became a reliable partner.
		While Alexei was on tour, Maria Petrova was having a successful partnership with Anton Sikharulidze.
		Yet, after the 1996 season, Masha and Anton made the decision to end their partnership.
	www.kataniye.com /petrova-tikhonov/ma/theirstory.html (423 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Skating scandal heads for court
		Until then, the arbitration panel ordered the International Skating Union (ISU) to ensure that its referees and judges remain in Salt Lake City and be prepared to bring along any records relating to their scoring of the event.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were originally awarded gold by a 5-4 majority among the judges, despite a technical flaw in their performance.
		Sikharulidze, the skater at the heart of the rumpus, said: "We feel that we skated good enough to be the Olympic champions.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/skating/newsid_1821000/1821673.stm (424 words)

	WireImage: Listings
		Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya of Russia skate to a gold medal in the pairs figure...
		Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya of Russia on the medal podium after winning the gold...
		Russian skaters Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya capture the Olympic gold medal for...
	www.wireimage.com /GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls=2=23=442=7967&nbc1=1 (239 words)

	Canada’s shame - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At that the Russian pair of Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze are still the Olympic champions.
		And when IOC informed about the decision to award the Canadian pair with the gold as well, the Russian skaters said, they considered the rivals “to be excellent athletes” and were happy that “the Canadian pair got the gold”.
		Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze may serve an example of dignity and ability to lose with dignity for the Canadian pair.
	english.pravda.ru /main/2002/02/16/26445.html (743 words)

	Pairs
		They landed throw triple loop and triple toe loops without difficulty and on a 4-3 split of the panel were placed first in the short program ahead of the primary rivals Elena Berzhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.
		For the first free skate Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze skated their Chaplin routine.
		When they took the ice, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze still had a chance to win the gold medal at the final, but not for long.
	www.iceskatingintnl.com /archive/results/gpf01p.htm (1834 words)

	WinterSports2002.com - Canadians sore losers, Russians say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		HOLLADAY — The crowd of Russian Olympic officials and dignitaries that gathered at the home of Robert and Margarit Kireiev Wednesday night spoke in hushed tones.
		Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze perform a death spiral during their program at Salt Lake Ice Center Monday.
		Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, left, congratulate Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/print/0,4060,70000680,00.html (538 words)

	SKTG-Ties-that-Bind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Little more than 14 months ago, the Russians won Olympic gold with a performance they and many others felt was worthy of first place but a judging scandal was uncovered and they were forced to share the title with the Canadians.
		Sale and Pelletier are constantly asked to describe their relationships with Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze.
		While Sale and Pelletier have participated in events that make them ineligible for future International Skating Union competitions, including world championships and Olympics, and have no desire to return to the top competitive scene, the Russians are contemplating an attempt at a third world title.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/skating/030425/l042516A.html (499 words)

	Six days after skating final, Canadians get their golds
		Standing on the podium last night next to co-champions Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia, the Canadians accepted the gold that was awarded Friday in an extraordinary move by the International Olympic Committee.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were already wearing the burnished gold medals that Sale and Pelletier had come to collect.
		Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze had worried about how they would be received, but within minutes it was clear the reception would be grand.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20020217olygold0218p5.asp (710 words)

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