Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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All figure skating events in 2002 Winter Olympics took place from February 9 to 21 at the Salt Lake Ice Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Unted States. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Alexei Yagudin of Russia won the men's event, Sarah Hughes of the United States won the women's event, and Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France won the ice dance event. The scandal that emerged from the pairs event overshadowed the rest of the competition. Originally, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the gold medals in the pairs event, while Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada won the silver. However, after the event concluded, allegations of collusion and intimidation led to one judge's scores being discarded; Salé and Pelletier were also awarded gold medals, while Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were allowed to keep theirs. In 2004, the ISU voted to change the 6.0 judging system because it was considered too subjective. As...

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