TUESDAY,APRIL30,2002
Skating union officials interview French judge
SPORTS
The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Skating Union held a nine-hour hearing yesterday into the Olympic figure skating scandal, with the French judge at the center of the dispute complaining she was the victim of an "organized massacre."
The ISU council conducted the first day of the two-day, closed-door sessions amid legal wrangling and the likelihood the case will drag on for some time. A lawyer described the meetings as "intense."
Judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne and French skating boss Didier Gallhaguet were called before the council to answer charges they manipulated the result of the pairs competition at the Salt Lake City Games.
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ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta said he hoped the hearings would prevent further scandals and help reform the sport.
"We want to resolve the grave matter of Salt Lake City once and for all," he said. "But we also think the consequences of the hearing can have a positive effect for the whole sport."
Cinquanta said he expected the council to deliver its verdict by tonight. Until then, all parties in the case were asked to observe a confidentiality agreement.
Le Gougne and Gailhaguet appeared separately before the council.
Max Miller, one of Le Gougne's American attorneys, declined to discuss details of the meeting.
Le Gouge declined to comment after the hearings.
But in an interview in Monday's edi
tion of the French sports paper LE- quipe, she claimed the case was stacked against her.
"It's a one-way hearing, an organized massacre," Le Gougne said.
At the end of the day's meeting, Gallaguet said, "Everything is normal. No problems."
Claire Ferguson, the U.S. representative on the council, put her fingers to her lips to indicate she was not permitted to speak to the media.
Referee Ron Pfenning and Jon Jackson, a skating judge who testified that he witnessed a confession of vote-fixing by Le Gougne, asked the ISU council to bar Ferguson from the hearing on grounds she prejudged the case in favor of the French.
The ISU issued a statement reiterating that the hearings were "confidential" and that no announcements would be made until a verdict is reached. "All involved parties have been asked to respect the confidentiality of the proceedings until a decision is taken," it said.
Ferguson was inside the meeting all of the opening session.
Cinquanta said, "We will give everyone a fair hearing."
At the Salt Lake Games in February, witnesses said Le Gougne broke down in a review meeting and said she voted for Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze under pressure from Gail-haguet.
The ISU awarded gold medals to Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier on the premise of Le Gougne's alleged misconduct.
KC Royals slide past Detroit Tigers in eighth inning
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Jeff Suppan pitched a two-hitter and Kansas City broke a scoreless tie on Jeff Weaver's wild pitch in the eighth inning as the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0 last night.
Suppan (2-3) and Weaver (1-4) were locked in a scoreless duel into the eighth inning.
Carlos Febles singled with one out in the eighth and went to third on Donnie Sadler's double. With a 1-1 count on Michael Tucker, Weaver threw a pitch in the dirt that got past Mike Rivera for a run-scoring wild pitch.
Weaver recovered to strike out Tucker and retire Carlos Beltran on a flyout. Kansas City then added three runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Joe Randa and Febles, and a bases-loaded walk to Sadler.
Suppan walked one and struck out three in his third career shutout and 10th complete game. Suppan's previous low-hit game was a three-hitter, accomplished three times. It was his first shutout since beating Detroit 3-0 on Sept. 27, 2000.
The Royals snapped a three-game losing streak and ended the Tigers' three-game winning streak.
Weaver, who pitched a five-hitter to beat Kansas City 3-0 last week, gave up four runs and nine hits in eight-plus innings. He walked two and struck out four.
Randall Simon came the closest to producing any runs for Detroit as he fled out to the left-field warning track in the second inning and to the right-field warning track in the fourth.
Detroit got a runner to second with one out in the sixth on a walk and a sacrifice bunt. But Wendell Magee grounded out and Robert Fick struck out.
Note: Royals manager Tony Muser was ejected in the third inning for arguing a check swing ball call on Magee by first-base umpire Dan lassogna.
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