1.   Cinquanta said the issue would be taken up at the regular session of the board of the skating union next Monday.

2.   Early in his news conference Wednesday, Cinquanta said the skating union.

3.   In separate letters to the skating union, International Olympic Committee leaders and the president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association urged the union to complete its investigation.

4.   Instead of conducting a detailed investigation, the skating union hastily reached a solution for its public relations problem.

5.   It also employs judges sanctioned by the skating union.

6.   Last month, the skating union removed Konstantin Kaplan, an Israeli who lives in the United States, from its list of ice dance judges.

7.   Like all federations participating in the Games, the skating union controls its athletes, officials and events by terms of the Olympic charter.

8.   Le Gougne had told the skating union she was pressured to vote for the Russians.

9.   Officials from the International Olympic Committee said that a resolution to the situation should come swiftly but that the ultimate outcome was in the hands of the skating union.

10.   On Tuesday, the skating union announced that it would investigate whether the judges had followed its rules and procedures.