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...unfairly when they disqualified her from the 4x5-km cross-country relay after she failed a blood test administered just prior to competition. The Russians, who have had a poor showing at the Games, also complained that their hockey team was heavily penalized and that their skaters, including silver medalist Irina Slutskaya, were harshly judged. In Moscow, politicians, reflecting public anger, expressed outrage. Sports Minister Pavel Rozhkov demanded both apologies and action from the International Olympic Committee. "Otherwise, the Russian team pulls out. We can set up games...
...Dinner Roll was superb but the judges felt Moseley's main course was lacking. Instead, winner Janne Lahtela of Finland and silver medalist Travis Mayer, of the U.S. ripped through the moguls, nailed their more traditional jumps and trumped Moseley with their speed. "Jonny was a little bit of his own program today," noted Mayer, indicating that Moseley played to the crowd and for himself, neglecting some of the basics. That's the judges' loss, said Moseley, who threw himself into the crowd after the first serving. "I'm very satisfied with my Olympic games, I'm walking away from...
While most judges are not corrupt, skating veterans say fixes have been a problem for years. "All titles are decided ahead of time," said France's Isabelle Duchesnay, a 1992 silver medalist in ice-dancing. If there's an upside to Skategate, it's the new momentum for reform and the raised hopes that all judging will be as clean as the golden performance of Sale and Pelletier...
...those electrically charged and totally magical Olympic moments, American Jonny Moseley, the 1998 freestyle moguls gold medalist, soared off the end of the jump. Twisting and rotating 720? horizontally in the air, he landed the ostentatious stunt he calls the dinner roll. A crowd of 14,000 in stands perched on the side of a Utah mountain waved flags, clanged cowbells and cheered. Loudly...
While most judges are not corrupt, skating veterans say fixes have been a problem for years. "All titles are decided ahead of time," said France's Isabelle Duchesnay, a 1992 silver medalist in ice-dancing. If there's an upside to Skategate, it's the new momentum for reform and the raised hopes that all judging will be as clean as the golden performance of Sale and Pelletier...