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...emotions. "It's judged." In a decision that immediately sparked yet another judging controversy, Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze edged Sale and Pelletier of Canada by the minutest of margins Monday night to win the pairs...
...pairs' competition in Salt Lake City. The decision came after Le Gougne told ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta she had been "submitted to a certain pressure" from the French federation to vote for Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.
...pulled Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier up to the top step of the podium Friday with Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze. Because they were tired of that arm being twisted. They were weary of newspaper criticism...
...More than five months after the pairs judging scandal threatened to devour the Olympics, five months after Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze pasted smiles on their faces and shared gold-medal glory with Canadians Jamie Sale and David...
...The extraordinary deal, struck at an ISU council meeting in a downtown hotel suite late Thursday, allows Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze to keep the gold medals they won in a 5-4 vote at Monday night's event. But another gold...
...report -- vehemently denied -- that a French judge was pressured to vote the gold pairs medal to Russian skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze over Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. By the end of these Games, you will have...
...ISU would be bound by its decision. The controversy has dominated the games. Sale and Pelletier were beaten by Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia after a 5-4 vote that surprised many observers. Many felt the Canadians skated...
...said Francois Carrard, its director general. "The ultimate responsibility for the results lies with the ISU." Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the gold medal by the tiniest of margins over Canada's Jamie Sale and David...
...Prosecutors said Tokhtakhounov hoped he would be rewarded with a visa to return to France, where he once lived. Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won the gold medal by the slimmest of margins in pairs figure skating, defeating Canadians...
...center of the maelstrom over judging at top-level skating competitions. Le Gougne is one of five judges who favored Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze despite the couple's obvious technical error in the free skate Monday night. That was enough...