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Though a second set of gold medals were soon awarded to Sal?nd Pelletier, Le Gougne recanted, claiming that she did in fact believe the Russians should have won and that her initial confession was because of pressure applied by the pro-Canadian judging lobby.
Though a second set of gold medals was soon awarded to the Canadian pair, Le Gougne recanted, claiming that she did believe the Russians should have won and that her initial confession was due to pressure applied by the pro-Canadian judging lobby.
That led to the decision to award a second set of gold medals in Salt Lake City.
After an investigation, the International Skating Federation decided to declare a tie, and Salé and Pelletier were awarded a second set of gold medals on Feb. 17, 2002.
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After five days of investigation and speculation, the decision was made to declare a tie, and Salé and Pelletier were awarded a second set of gold medals in a ceremony on Feb. 17, 2002.
When the International Olympic Committee awarded a second set of gold medals in pairs figure skating at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City after a judge, accused of impropriety, helped give Russian skaters the gold, many Russians were enraged.
The decision of the committee to suspend a French judge who admitted coming under pressure, and to award a second set of gold medals to the Canadian pair, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, compounded a bitterness that was already mounting among Russians over the outcry in American and Canadian news media about the initial awarding of the gold to the Russians.
The International Skating Union, under pressure from the International Olympic Committee to resolve a dispute that has engulfed the Winter Games, voted in a late-night emergency meeting Thursday to award a second set of gold medals and to suspend a French judge for misconduct.
