31.   Gailhaguet said the judge was pressured before she voted for the Russian pair that barely won the gold medal over the Canadians on Monday.

32.   He said the Russian pair would participate and the Russian anthem would be played at the ceremony where Sale and Pelletier receive their medals Sunday night.

33.   In ice dance, the Russian pair of Irina Lobatcheva and Ilia Averbouch took over first place after their original program and will be the favorites for gold Tuesday.

34.   In ice dancing, the Russian pair of Pasha Grishuk and Evgeny Platov won the gold.

35.   In the ice dancing, the Russian pair of Anjelika Krylov and Oleg Ovsiannikov skated at blazing speed to defeat the French pair of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat.

36.   In third place was yet another Russian pair, Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov.

37.   In third place was yet another Russian pair, Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, who have won the European title twice.

38.   Later Wednesday was the final of the pairs program with Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer ahead of two Russian pairs.

39.   Le Gougne was suspended indefinitely by the ISU in Salt Lake City after initially declaring that she voted for the Russian pair under pressure from Gailhaguet.

40.   Le Gougne was suspended by the ISU for misconduct after voting for the Russian pair, and duplicate gold medals were later awarded to the Canadians.