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Skategate proves need for reforms.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| August 01, 2002 | Powers, Tom | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ST. PAUL _ It's a good thing that most Americans consider ice dancing the dopiest activity this side of team handball. Otherwise we'd be much more upset about charges that an alleged member of the Russian Mafia might have rigged the Olympic competition.

Alimzan Tokhtakhounov (also known as Don Corleonikov?) has been arrested on charges of being the mastermind behind Skategate at the Salt Lake City Games. He supposedly coordinated a scam that had the Russian judge voting for the French pairs, and the French judge, the infamous Marie-Reine Le Gougne, voting for the Russian ice dancers.

Tokhtakhounov is considered a slimy guy, so I guess you could say he ...

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