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FEB. 22
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8:45 p.m. ET


	In the end, it was gold and smiles for the Russians and Canadians.

A Spotlight
Too Bright
Figure skating always draws the attention at the Olympics, but this is getting ridiculous. A judging controversy in the pairs set a tone that carried on for two weeks, and throughout the Utah countryside. By the end of the Olympics, almost everyone in every sport was trying to get their own personal injustices overturned. It all left Jim Caple wondering if anyone won at all.

• French skating head: Second gold 'nonsense'
• Caple: Ice War | Ice War II | Isn't it sweet | Cry Zone
• ISU's investigation continues in April | Judge felt pressure

A 16-year-old was there to save the day
In its simplest terms, sports comes down to athletes performing at their peak in their biggest arenas. Sarah Hughes brought figure skating back its simplest terms. The 16-year-old American performed a near-perfect, and quite difficult, long program, and was rewarded with gold. Media darling Michelle Kwan was not so fortunate.

Total Medals by Country

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Germany	12	16	7	35
United States of America	10	13	11	34
Norway	11	7	6	24
Canada	6	3	8	17
Austria	2	4	10	16
Russia	6	6	4	16
Italy	4	4	4	12
France	4	5	2	11
Switzerland	3	2	6	11
Netherlands	3	5	0	8
China	2	2	4	8
Finland	4	2	1	7
Sweden	0	2	4	6
South Korea	2	2	0	4
Croatia	3	1	0	4
Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
Estonia	1	1	1	3
Great Britain	1	0	2	3
Japan	0	1	1	2
Australia	2	0	0	2
Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
Spain	2	0	0	2
Poland	0	1	1	2
Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Belarus	0	0	1	1

Hovey: Ice, ice, baby
The Delta -- er, Salt Lake Ice Center is the hot spot at the center of the Games. It's about to get hotter.

Keown: Dancin' on the edge
Ice dancing is its own unique spectacle, falling somewhere between a Harlequin romance novel and a Star Trek convention.

Wojnarowski: Tip of the iceberg
Suddenly, the question is out there: Should a reformed IOC turn back the clock, revisit old judging controversies --- like Fratianne and Olympic boxer Roy Jones.

Caple: Cold front still alive
Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko are the first Russians to ever take the gold and silver, but there's still no love between them.

More Features & Columns

• Sale, Pelletier withdraw from Worlds
• Great Neck throwing a parade for Hughes
• Yagudin finally edges rival for gold medal
• French dance tribute to U.S. worth gold
• Skate exhibition ends in four-part harmony
• Eldredge says he's done with the Olympics
• Lithuanians' ice dancing protest denied
• Goebel wins bronze in first Olympic event
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Sarah Hughes made a breakthrough at Skate Canada overcoming Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya to take her first Grand Prix title. She took second place at Skate America and Trophée Lalique and third place at the Grand Prix final.

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