冬奧運首開先例 加拿大雙人花式滑冰組合補發金牌

Canadians to receive medals Sunday night

Canadian silver medallist Jamie Sale cries on the podium with partner David Pelletier after performing the pairs programm at the Olympic Ice Center, 11 Feruary 2002 during the XIXth Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Canadian anger over Olympic figure skating was directed 14 February 2002 against the French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne who alledgedly colluded to deprive the Canadian pair of a gold medal. Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won gold in a decision that has sparked a major Olympic scandal. AFP PHOTO

　　因為據傳評審不公，而引起軒然大波的雙人花式滑冰銀牌得主加拿大搭檔沙爾絲/佩利堤爾，將獲得國際滑冰總會改判，與俄羅斯選手並列金牌得主，同時這也是冬季奧運史上第一個改判的例子。
　　花式滑冰一向是冬季奧運最受歡迎的運動項目之一，不過儘管國際總會近年來不斷努力於裁判水準統一與提昇，國際賽會上常出現裁判因國籍與個人主觀意識的不同，而出現讓人摸不著頭緒的意外結果。
　　不過這次開了先例，雖然加拿大雙人組合都十分高興，但是他們仍然有種「受騙」感覺。
　　沙爾絲表示，「畢竟每一位參與奧運競賽的人都有奪金的夢想，但是當時我們完美的表現卻只獲得銀牌，使得我們美夢成空。」(2002/2/17 潔絲敏)