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Topic: Figure skating at the Winter Olympics

	Figure Skating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olympic figure skaters wear boots that are custom-made for each foot and heavily reinforced with thick, stiff leather interiors and extra ankle bracing.
		Skate blades are ground concave; only the two outer "edges" of the bottom of the blade contact the ice.
		Figure skating began among the aristocracy in Holland in the 17th century in a search of elegance and beauty.
	www.olympics.org.uk /sports/winter/figureskating.asp (624 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		But the Winter Olympic rules say the games must be played on ice or snow.
		Olympic officials -- seeking to thwart performance-enhancing drugs -- must determine which of hundreds of dietary supplements should be banned from use during competition.
		Two Olympic hopefuls are going to court in separate cases to win spots on the U.S. Olympic team.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	Winter Olympics - Figure Skating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Figure skating is a sport where you dance on ice.
		Figure skating can be done in pairs or as a single.
		Figure Skating was added to the Olympic program of the 1908 Summer Game.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/figureskating.htm (278 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - The Winter Olympics
		Again, a Norwegian athlete was the star: 15-year-old Sonja Henie, who won the first of her three consecutive gold medals in figure skating.
		Because of the coverage given the Winter Olympics by the press in Europe and North America, Henie was the first woman to become a genuine international sports figure.
		Dorothy Hamill won the figure skating gold, Leah Poulos added a silver medal in the 1,000-meter speed skating event, and her future husband, Peter Mueller, was the men's 1,000-meter champion.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/winterol.shtml (3708 words)

	The Sporting News: In this sport, everything figures. (figure skat... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Figure skating dresses itself up pretty and over-paints its face, but then it conducts itself in the same smoke-filled, back-room manner your average city council does, or your average corporate board of directors does, or your average high school cheerleading squad does.
		Figure skating doesn't always reward the athletes who in one event, on one day, are fastest or strongest or suddenly perfect.
		Because of all of those factors, figure skating, like life, is subject in the extreme to the same wretched, non-respectable excesses that make, say, a Texas wannabe cheerleader's mother try to snuff out another cheerleader's mother to gain a competitive edge for her daughter.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:15194006&refid=ip_almanac_hf (2688 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Figure skating in the dock
		The Olympics strives to uphold its image as a paragon of sporting virtues, a persona hard to maintain when the validity of its success stories can be called into question.
		And a whole host of the events at the Winter Olympics are reliant upon similar types of scoring system, without generating anywhere near as much controversy.
		Figure skating clearly needs to clean up its image to restore some credibility to the sport.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/skating/newsid_1818000/1818208.stm (452 words)

	2002 winter olympics women figure skating medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sarah Hughes Wins Gold Medal At 2002 Olympics :: Photos Courtesy - - States waves to the crowd with her gold medal, after women's skating competiton at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002.
		Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics: Information From - - at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating Pairs - only the second Russian to medal in the women's event at the Olympics.
		Skating - are awarded a gold medal in the Olympics pairs figure skating controversy.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /2002-winter-olympics-women-figure-skating-medal.htm (931 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Figure Skating
		As a mode of transportation for warfare and hunting in Northern Europe, skating was a swift way to cross frozen lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.
		Because competitions could be held indoors, figure skating was the first winter sport included in the Olympic Games when it was added to the Olympic program for the 1908 Summer Olympic Games in London.
		The past two Olympic figure skating competitions have been dominated by the Russians, who won six of the possible eight gold medals and 10 in total.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/figureskating.html (492 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Olympic figure skating consists of four medal events or disciplines: ladies' singles, men's singles, pairs and ice dancing.
		Yagudin made it to the 1998 Olympics, but he suffered from flu-like symptoms in Japan and that hurt his performance as he fell and finished fifth.
		He was denied a chance to skate in Nagano because an injury prevented him from competing in the required number of events as per the Canadian Olympic Association.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON1912923.htm (1413 words)

	Figure skating scandal turns Olympics ugly - 2/15/02
		Until then, the arbitration panel ordered the International Skating Union to ensure that its referees and judges remain here and be prepared to bring along any records relating to their scoring of the event.
		The Olympic ideals have been tarnished before, but this one strikes at the core, with its seedy suggestions of fixed competition.
		The Canadian Olympic Committee is pleading for an independent investigation, an obvious shot at the partiality of the ISU.
	www.detnews.com /2002/sports/0202/15/a01-417531.htm (949 words)

	The Science of Jumping & Rotating: The Biomechanics of Skating
		Figure skating is an amazingly graceful sport when performed well by Olympic athletes.
		As you watch these athletes skate during the Olympic Games, take a moment to think about the skills they are performing during their programs.
		They are on skates and can thus generate a lot of speed on the ice to help their jumping.
	btc.montana.edu /olympics/physbio/biomechanics/bio-intro.html (391 words)

	Salon.com News \| Fixing figure skating would kill it
		This is not to land on Pelletier, who is every bit as adorable as his diminutive girlfriend and skating partner, and who has, like her, handled this whole mess with an admirable mix of humility, graciousness and wit.
		Figure skating dominates the Winter Olympics precisely because it's a circus.
		I think their well-practiced hypocrisy will serve them well in the upcoming "full investigation," and we'll be talking about the corruption and stupidity of figure skating long after truth-seeking David and Jamie have skated off into a sunset made very comfortable by the millions that skating's circus made for them.
	www.salon.com /news/sports/2002/02/16/skating_mess/index1.html (976 words)

	Sarah Hughes \| Olympian \| Figure Skating \| Olympics \| Biography \| Bio \| 2002 \| Winter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That opened the door for 16 year-old Sarah Hughes to win the gold in women's figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
		With some help from the bizarre figure skating scoring system, which makes understanding trigonometry or memorizing the capitals of eastern European seem easy, Sarah was awarded the gold medal based on the strength of her long program.
		The figure skating world has been taking notice of Sarah since 1998 when she won the US Junior Figure Skating Championships at the age of 12.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1818.htm (377 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - French judge denies wrongdoing - Monday February 18, 2002 01:17 PM
		In a newspaper interview Monday, the French judge at the center of the dispute denied that any deals were made and said she falsely implicated skating officials from her own country out of fear.
		Figuring out whether there were back-room deals to swap votes hasn't been as easy.
		According to colleagues, Le Gougne wept the morning after the event as she accused French figure skating federation president Didier Gailhaguet of pressuring her to back the Russians.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/18/french_judge_ap (724 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Skating boss won't speed up process - Thursday February 14, ...
		Hours later, France's Olympic chief said the French figure skating judge was "manipulated" into voting for the Russians in the pairs competition, a stunning revelation in the sport's biggest scandal since Tonya and Nancy.
		Didier Gailhaguet, also head of the French figure skating federation, told an Associated Press reporter that judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne was pressured before she voted for the Russian pair that barely won the gold medal over the Canadians on Monday night.
		Nancy Kerrigan, a two-time Olympic medalist who knows something about controversy, said Wednesday she was not surprised about the allegations of vote fixing and thought the Canadian team should have won.
	www.cnnsi.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/14/cinquanta_comments_ap (1094 words)

	Winter Olympics Skating News And Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olympic champion Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States beat archrival Ahn Hyun-Soo of South Korea to win the men's 1,500m race at the short-track speed skating World Cup which opened on Friday in Hangzhou.
		Olympic medallist Cindy Klassen has fond memories of spending her summer afternoons, feet dangling off a dock, with a Hardy Boys novel in hand.
		Skating Gold Russian officials formally protest the upset win by American Sarah Hughes in women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics...
	www.winterolympicssports.info /Winter-Olympics-Skating.htm (546 words)

	Figure skating reform - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		In the wake of one of the sport's most public scandals, International Skating Union president Ottavio Cinquanta on Monday unveiled a plan to completely overhaul the way figure skating is judged.
		The revelation that French judge Marie Reine Le Gougne may have compromised the results of the Olympic pairs skating competition last week sparked a firestorm of questions about the integrity of the judging system.
		Meanwhile, Le Gougne said Monday in the French press she was not pressured to support Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, as had been previously reported, but that she was told by the head of the ISU technical committee to blame the French skating federation when asked about why she voted the way she did.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001121,00.html (733 words)

	Figure Skating Controversy - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		The international outcry over last Monday's pairs figure skating final is mounting.
		The International Skating Union president, Ottavio Cinquanta, faced reporters Wednesday, and we think everyone came away realizing how difficult it will be to change that decision on figure skating.
		But this union does not have the power to reverse an Olympic competition decision, so the medals stand as they are.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000620,00.html (487 words)

	2002 winter olympics women figure skating silver medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics: Information From - - Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating Pairs Medals awarded - only the second Russian to medal in the women's event at the Olympics.
		Figure Skating: Midori Ito, A Biography - [figure skating] sport drives was in the press box at the 1988 Olympics - up to the 1992 Winter Olympics Midori won nine gold and two silver medals -
		Winter Olympic Games: Information From Answers.com - a silver medal in the women's slalom, becoming the first Winter Olympic - Figure skating was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympics, -
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /2002-winter-olympics-women-figure-skating-silver-medal.htm (990 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Canadian duo receives pairs skating golds - Monday February 18, ...
		Bound together in history by scandal, the pairs figure skaters are now linked forever by a medal.
		Sale and Pelletier accepted their medals from International Skating Union president Ottavio Cinquanta, who made the recommendation to award the duplicate golds and who suspended the judge in the middle of the uproar for misconduct.
		Skating has a long history of questionable decisions, but this one was bigger than any other.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/17/canadian_medals_ap (893 words)

	Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 \| csmonitor.com
		As the Olympics come to the finish line, post your questions to the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield, reporting from Salt Lake City.
		Others in the sport say this could be the first sign that figure skating is due for some drastic changes.
		Rehorick said subjectivity in figure skating was fine, "as long as the subjectivity is based on fair play in the spirit of the Olympics."
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2002/0212ap3.html (1101 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Canadian pair to get gold medals; judge suspended - Friday February ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Canadian figure skating pair was awarded a gold medal Friday after the sport's top officials uncovered misconduct in the biggest judging scandal in Winter Olympics history.
		The International Skating Union indefinitely suspended Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge who says she was pressured by her own federation to give the Russian pair the gold.
		On Wednesday night, Didier Gailhaguet, the head of the French Olympic team, told The Associated Press that Le Gougne had been "under pressure, which pushed her to act in a certain way" when she voted.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/15/canadian_gold (693 words)

	TSN.ca - Olympics - Canada's Sports Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During Monday night's competition the near-capacity crowd at the Olympic Indoor Hall were booing their disapproval over a score given to Russian star Alexei Nemov in the high bar final that left him without a medal.
		Gymnastics is becoming like figure skating in a gy...
		Winter has their figure skating, summer has their...
	www.tsn.ca /headlines/news_story.asp?ID=96079&hubName= (1094 words)

	Amazon.com: Video: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Figure Skating Exhibition (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Olympics are the premier event in figure skating, and although I recorded all of the '02 Olympic figure skating events live on my VCR, I purchased this offering because I desired to have the best possible picture quality for the best skates.
		Kwan's figure skating accomplishments ranked her among the best to ever lace up a pair of skates: four time world champion, six time US national champion, and 1998 Olympic silver medalist.
		Michelle was as close to unbeatable as the sport of figure skating had ever known.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000639LW?v=glance (1317 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - ISU says it can't change pairs result - Wednesday February 13, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Skate Canada, which filed an appeal of the pairs outcome with the ISU on Wednesday, also recognized the significance of the controversy.
		Skate Canada went so far as to call for the independent investigation even though it had no proof of any irregularities.
		The IOC isn't giving figure skaters the boot yet, but it is "concerned," said Francois Carrard, its director general.
	www.basketballdraft.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/13/isu_decision (923 words)

	Russians edge Canadians for gold in figure skating - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		The Olympic pairs figure skating medals were given out Monday evening in what may become one of the most controversial pairs competitions in Olympic history.
		Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, 1998 Olympic silver medalists, finally reached the top of the medals podium, though certainly there will be discussion about whether they received help from the nine-member judging panel.
		Berezhnaya said she did not watch the Canadians skate but knew from the crowd's reaction the team had performed well.
	webserver.desnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000500,00.html (668 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Figure skating in the dock
		Figure skating is not a sport to shy away from controversy, especially during an Olympic year.
		But this is something the panel of judges system is supposed to counteract.
		Links to more Skating stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1818000/1818208.stm (473 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics \| Salt Lake City \| Figure Skating Scandal \| Ice Hockey \| Olympic Snowboarding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sarah Hughes, age 16, won the gold medal in women's figure skating and made the world forget about Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya.
		Two gold medals were awarded in pairs figure skating after a judging scandal involving a judge from France.
		Canadian figure skaters, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, skated a nearly perfect routine but placed second to a Russian pair due to questionable judging.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1824.htm (503 words)

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