[Exigence]

"It went against any moral and ethical norms that exist in sport where athletes, not lawyers, compete against each other on the slopes and in the sports arenas and not in back rooms," Nezvegsky said.

He's got to be kidding. It's ethical to have competitions decided by judges when he knows at least on of the said "judges" are corrupt? Worse, he knows *who* strong-armed them -- and they were likey Russian.

[freeasinbeer]

No doubt.

Lemme see here... cheese eating, white-flag waving, emotionally unstable french judge is pressured to vote for the ruskies... Anyone have any doubts that maybe it was the Russian mob involved? Guess we will find out if the french judge ends up dying in one of those single-car 'accidents' that seem to be happening quite frequently lately..

PS: really hoping she doesn't die, I wouldn't wish that upon her, but you get my point

[Utah Girl]

Listen to the comments by the coach of the Russian pairs figure skaters. I think she's been hitting the vodka bottle a bit hard lately...

"This is an unprecedented decision that turned out to be a result of pressure by the North American press, and turned out in favor of the fanatically loyal" fans, Valentin Piseyev told Russia's NTV television. "You have seen how the public reacts to even the tiniest mistakes of our athletes, and how they absolutely don't notice when the Canadians fall or when the Americans fall."

I think I missed the part of the program where the Canadians fell... The Americans did fall in their skating, especially Todd Eldredge, and he was judged accordingly.