Crying Foul About the Calls

Complaints about officiating at the Winter Games:

Pairs figure skating: An international scandal over a French judge’s vote that left a Canadian couple, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, with the silver and a Russian couple with the gold. After much ado, the Canadians were declared co-gold medalists.

Ice dancing: The Lithuanians--fifth-place finishers in ice dancing--file a protest with the International Skating Union over the votes that left the pair in fifth in the final standings.

Freestyle aerials: The Russian Olympic Committee sent a letter to the International Ski Federation, complaining of biased judging in the freestyle aerials competition.

Short-track speedskating: The South Koreans file several protests and threaten to boycott the closing ceremony after a disqualification takes the gold medal from Kim Dong-Sung, giving it to American Apolo Anton Ohno.

Cross-country skiing: With the disqualification of nine-time Olympic medalist Larissa Lazutina over a prerace drug test, Russian Olympic officials charge their athletes are being targeted and threaten to leave Salt Lake City.