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Chinese pair shen & zhao performed wonderfully at 1999 world championships, but the Russian pair got the gold medals by bribing the judges. The whole episode was caught on tape. You can hear the loud boos from the audiences in the end.
This same Russian pair cheated again from a Canadian pair at 2002 Olympic games and a big scandal erupted as a result.

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the russians had ... ( 6 months ago by 12345671234567899999)

the russians had cheated. 2002 they force the judge to put them on the top and not the canadians!

i agree the ... ( 6 months ago by clarinetlaj)

i agree the canadians ABSOLUTELY deserved the gold no question

I don't know where ... ( 6 months ago by thesunny2007)

I don't know where such a racism against Russianns is coming from. Russiann judge doesn't cheat more than any other - German,Canadian,American -those have been protecting their sportsmen in every competition

Array ( 6 months ago by thesunny2007)

In 1999 Words B&S won in the second mark receiving first place from 7 (!) judges. Excluding Russian and Ukrainian ( by the way USA and Canada always" help" each other as well) There are still 5 judges who gave 1 place to B&S

yes and one was ... ( 6 months ago by 12345671234567899999)

yes and one was forced so in rality only 4 gave the fisrt place to B&s...

As I wrote ... ( 6 months ago by thesunny2007)

As I wrote EXCLUDING Russian and Ukrainian judges (those two have been "communicating" according to ISU )there are still five judges from-CAN ,USA,GER,SZE,and POL voted for russians.

I'll go along with ... ( 6 months ago by Darkangel127)

I'll go along with the "new names" comment. Petrova&Tikhonov skated a beautiful (and flawless) program, both technically and artistically and yet they came in 4rth? And they're Russian (=evil), too!

forget the cheating ... ( 4 months ago by ruthimanga11)

forget the cheating....it was an amazing routine for these two...so origional and precise

they should have ... ( 4 months ago by hilljacknutjob)

they should have won! The judges are just volunteers who get lots of free perks for their involvement in skating. Only former skaters should be allowed to judge and they should be paid. If they judge poorly they should be fired .

I thought ... ( 3 months ago by 1andonlyCobra)

I thought footsie-gate this yr was in ice dance? Help?

let's forget about ... ( 3 months ago by flora830810)

let's forget about the cheating. It's interesting to see Shen&Zhao skate with so much power and wonderful speed 8 yrs ago, as they are now putting more emphasis on the elegance, grace and expression well.

I agree and I also ... ( 2 months ago by flora830810)

I agree and I also think this performance will stand the test of time. I found it really amazing even it was done 8 years ago when they were not as experienced and mature as they are now.

I agree that shady ... ( 2 months ago by lyverbird)

I agree that shady deals were done but would think it more accurate to say the Russian and French federations among others cheated. Let's just all hope that those dark days of back room deals to pre judge events are over, it did this wonderful sport no good at all...

beautiful. ( 2 months ago by mahmahtee)

beautiful.

Yes, it was in ice ... ( 2 months ago by vsoltero88)

Yes, it was in ice dance. It had nothing to do with the pairs skating event.

Agreed, I think ... ( 2 months ago by 1andonlyCobra)

Agreed, I think theyre one of skating's biggest success stories ove the last 20 or so years. From performances like these and even SLC to Dortmund and beyond; they learned and became better skaters. I dont think we've seen much growth like this from anyone else...any opinions?

well put! It's not ... ( 2 months ago by OapostropheC)

well put! It's not the skaters who cheat, but their fed.

Thanks mate, I just ... ( 2 months ago by lyverbird)

Thanks mate, I just think things can get very personal in the heat of debate with matters of cheating, and let's face it, many deals have been done over the years with many skaters being robbed of medals rightfully their's. But to blame the skater in person is not necessarily correct, sometimes they may be in the know but generally I agree with you that it is the federations at work, not the skaters...

In skating, the ... ( 1 month ago by greenleo111)

In skating, the technical marks are not the only thing that is important. Artistic marks are equally important. I believe that Anton and Elena were so much better artistically than the Canadian pair and other pairs. They won the Gold medal fairly. Anton had a tiny little mishap. But there was no huge fall and no huge mistake at all. No big error at all. There have been skaters who even fell and won multiple medals. Anton and Elana were the deserving champions. They have grace and beauty.

lmao 6 Russians ... ( 1 month ago by TheLoserSakaCanucks)

lmao 6 Russians were caught doping today atheletes of Bejing

wow they were ... ( 3 weeks ago by alittlehorse)

wow they were goooood

I would like to ... ( 2 weeks ago by newelly71)

I would like to know who amoung these comments has ever skated before?? If you people serioulsy think that Jamie and David didn't win that hands down you should be wathcing another sport. The video is there for free viewing, watch it again

What this video has ... ( 2 weeks ago by thesunny2007)

What this video has to do with Sale/Pelletier ?

Russian must be ... ( 1 week ago by HKLeo2004)

Russian must be real good... where's the Russian video at? i wanna see..

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