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Sochi scandal: Was 17-year-old Russian skater's win fixed..?

Sochi: More than 1.7 million people have signed a Change.org petition demanding that an investigation into the judging decisions in Thursday night's women's figure skating competition be opened. On Thursday night, Russian 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova



One of the judges, whose votes were anonymous, was Yuri Balkov of the Ukraine who was caught on camera trying to fix an event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.Another, Alla Shekhovtseva, is married to the head of the Russian figure skating federation, reports USA Today.