1.   But Rogge said that the IOC would not ask the skating federation to rush to judgment and would not interfere in the process.

2.   Canadian skating federation has accused the Russian, French and Italian judges of deal-making in order to prop up their own skaters.

3.   If the choice is Yubileiny, they want a chance to practice there before competing, said Matt Pensinger, spokesman for the U.S. skating federation.

4.   On Friday, the skating federation declared Sale and Pelletier co-winners of the pairs competition along with the Russians Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya.

5.   On Friday, the skating federation declared Sale and Pelletier co-winners of the pairs along with the Russian team of Anton Sikharulidze and Yelena Berezhnaya.

6.   The French skating federation expressed concern to its U.S. counterpart that security would be adequate in the Target Center.

7.   The national skating federation has probably already bought nonrefundable tickets for Kwan and Lipinski, measured them for team jackets, given them a short course in Japanese.

8.   The skating federation should have rallied around its star, admitted its mistakes and apologized for being so wrong, but no one did.

9.   Though their skating federation chief sent a handwritten letter of protest to the event referee, the head of their Olympic team admitted that Hughes had won.

10.   Under the current system, judges are selected by national skating federations and represent their countries on the judging panels.