Tara Lipinski reflects on figure skating scandal that rocked 2002 Winter Olympics

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Tara Lipinski talked to the 3rd hour of TODAY about the figure skating judging controversy that took place at the 2002 Winter Olympics and how it led to changes in the sport.

Figure skating is always one of the marquee events at the Winter Olympics, and Tara Lipinski is turning back the clock on one of the sport’s most scandalous moments.

“They were so close in their technical and artistic ability and at the Olympic Games, everyone knew that whoever skated the cleanest would win. So, on that night Jamie and David were absolutely flawless. They had their Olympic moment. And the Russians, he stepped out of his double axel, made a technical mistake. So, I think everyone in the audience thought, ‘It’s going to the Canadians.’ But, clearly, it didn’t.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Canada's Jamie Sale and David Pelletier initially won silver medals, while Russia's Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze took home gold and China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China won bronze after the pairs free program.

 

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