21.   A U.S. skating official stood nearby ready to pounce on anybody who pushed the topic further.

22.   At least one of the letters was signed by a skating official who was not identified by the newspaper.

23.   Beleaguered skating officials will mull radical changes in a judging system that deteriorated into a cheating scandal at the Winter Olympics after decades of whispered deals.

24.   Cinquanta defended the three-year bans, which critics and some U.S. skating officials said was too light.

25.   German skating officials have decided to keep athletes in Berlin until at least November.

26.   In a newspaper interview Monday, Le Gougne denied that any deals were made and said she falsely implicated skating officials from her own country out of fear.

27.   It was unclear who was being moved out of the luxury hotels to make room for the skating officials.

28.   It will be the one with all the reporters and TV cameras in the lobby, and a parade of unhappy skating officials wedging their way through.

29.   Le Gougne said she only blamed the French federation because she lost her ability to fight accusations being made by other skating officials.

30.   Le Gougne said the lobbying effort was led by senior skating officials from Canada and began in September.