- Title: USA/CANADA: REACTIONS TO THE FIGURE-SKATING ROW AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS
- Date: 13th February 2002
- Summary: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (FEBRUARY 13, 2002 ) (NBC-NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA, CNN AND INTERNET) 1. PRESS CONFERENCE ISU PRESIDENT 2. (SOUNDBITE)(English) OTTAVIO CINQUANTA SAYING "We are now starting an assessment because we respect opinion. When there are many opinions we have to give more respect." 3. NEWS CONFERENCE 4. (SOUNDBITE)(English) "At this moment I am not in a position to declare we have an abuse. There is an allegation regarding the possible pressure on judge/judges on the result of the competition." 5. NEWS CONFERENCE 6. SOUNDBITE)(English) OTTAVIO CINQUANTA SAYING "I have a council meeting on the 18th and I am not going to disclose the name of the person.I am not the head of the judges, I am the president of the ISU." EDMONTON, CANADA(FEBRUARY 13TH, 2002)(CTV-NO ACCESS CANADA/INTERNET) 7. JAMIE SALE'S MOTHER, PATTI SIEGEL, CRYING 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PATTI SIEGEL SAYING "I just hope for the sake of the sport and especially for the young athletes who still have their dreams in them, that there will be some sort of action taken to do to help perhaps not happen again to someone else." 9. JUNIOR SKATERS ON ICE IN CANADA 10. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PATTI SIEGEL SAYING "What about the Russian judges who clearly went with the Russian team. I understand Russia doing that if there is any chance they will always go with there skater, but ya know, the Chinese went with them, the Polish, the Ukranians. So is the controversy about all of them or all that one?" 11. (SOUNDBITE)(English) JUNIOR SKATER SAYING" It can only get better, it can't get worse." 12. MORE JUNIOR SKATERS IN CANADA Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: USA/CANADA: SKATER MOM REAX SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES AND EDMONTON, CANADA
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- Country: Canada
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