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A major controversy in speed skating came when organizers decided to hold competitions under "North American rules", where six speed skaters raced each other at a time instead of the usual two. Finland's Clas Thunberg , who had won seven medals at the previous two Olympics, refused to participate in disgust.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, allegations arose that the pairs' figure skating competition had been fixed. The controversy led to two pairs teams receiving gold medals: the original winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia and original silver-medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada.
To accommodate primetime broadcasts in the Americas, figure skating events were scheduled with morning start times; figure skating is one of the most popular Winter Olympic sports among U.S. viewers (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed the decision to withhold the medals. The post IOC Makes Controversial Decision On Figure Skating Medal Ceremony appeared first on The Spun.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva competes during the single free skate portion of the team event at the Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on Monday in Beijing.
Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competes in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing.
Lina Alexeyevna Fedorova (Russian: Лина Алексеевна Фёдорова; born 20 December 1997) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maxim Miroshkin , she is the two-time World Junior bronze medalist, 2012 JGP Final champion, 2012 Winter Youth Olympics silver medalist, and 2013 Russian Junior Champion .
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