It's a silly way to judge who's the winner or loser anyway. I'd be hugely surprised if there's ever been one completely honest result in Olympic figure skating. Remember the "bloc voting" of a few years ago? All the Eastern bloc countries supported each other in pairs competition. perhaps the silliest incident of all was when Tonya Harding was even ALLOWED to skate after what she allowed to be done to Nancy kerrigan. Better they use an audience applause metre.

If ya really want to know what makes for a (reasonably) honest competition, look for bettors, and Las Vegas odds makers. Gamblers NEVER bet on Sports where they think the fix is probably in (unless they're doin' the fixin')

You didn't see the high rollers betting on XFL football games, because they knew that Vince McMahon MIGHT be running it like his wrestling shows.

I saw the skating though, and I think it was pretty close, but it seems obvious that the judge was compromised anyway. Two gold medal? Yuchhhh, THAT'S the compromise?

Rick