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...more serious problem is that the close ties of most judges to the national skating federations that name them to competitions lead some to act like operatives for their home-team skaters. At several competitions leading up to the '98 Winter Games in Nagano, Jean Senft, a Canadian Olympic judge, was disturbed to have been privy to conversations in which judges agreed in advance on the outcomes. When she complained to skating officials, they demanded proof. So Senft brought a tape recorder with her to the Nagano games. On the day of the pairs competitions, she surreptitiously taped a phone...
...nothing came of it. Two years later, both their careers had stalled: he was selling beer and hot dogs in a Montreal stadium for $10 an hour, and she was waitressing at an Edmonton coffee shop. While the rest of the skating universe was still buzzing about the Nagano Olympics, Pelletier flew to Edmonton for a second try, and the two clicked. The minute Pelletier got back home, the phone rang, and it was Sale. "We put our cards on the table and decided, 'Let's get started,'" recalls Pelletier...
Four years ago in Nagano, young Tara Lipinski "pulled a Tara," leaping over Michelle Kwan without nicking her to take the gold medal. In figure skating circles that immediately became known as pulling a Tara because, under the rules of skate scoring - rules so arcane and cryptic and convoluted (and, as we know, so easily abused) - no one is allowed to pass anyone in the rankings unless the pre-disposed judges say they can. Yet Tara did just that, turning in a long program performance so astonishing that the judges could not deny her superiority. And so they moved...
...other outcome went something like this: The Canadians, winners of every world championship since Nagano, would outshoot, outplay, outpass, and outscore their nemesis. At the end of the third period, they would throw their helmets in the air, their sticks on the ice, and launch themselves onto goalie Kim St.-Pierre in a wild celebration of Olympic victory...
Four years ago in Nagano, young Tara Lipinski "pulled a Tara," leaping over Michelle Kwan without nicking her to take the gold medal. In figure skating circles that immediately became known as pulling a Tara because, under the rules of skate scoring - rules so arcane and cryptic and convoluted (and, as we know, so easily abused) - no one is allowed to pass anyone in the rankings unless the pre-disposed judges say they can. Yet Tara did just that, turning in a long program performance so astonishing that the judges could not deny her superiority. And so they moved...