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Posted on 02/13/2026 9:15:25 AM PST by Morgana
The 'rigging' scandal engulfing the Winter Olympics is showing no signs of slowing down after Team USA's gutted ice skaters called for the judges to be 'vetted', and thousands of fans urged the authorities to investigate.
French judge Jezabel Dabouis sparked fury this week after allegations she 'rigged' her votes to help her country to Winter Olympics gold, in turn voting down Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who eventually ended up with the silver.
In the past 24 hours, more than 14,000 fans have signed a Change.org petition calling for the IOC and International Skating Union to intervene and launch a probe into the voting process, but so far nothing has been forthcoming.
In fact, the ISU has opted to stand by her, issuing its first statement late on Thursday.
'It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations,' it read, adding it has 'full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness.'
Chock and Bates have since spoken to CBS News about the dubious judging after allegations the competition was 'rigged' against them.
Chock said: 'It would definitely be helpful if it's more understandable for the viewers, to just see more transparent judging and understand... what's really going on.
'I think it's also important for the skaters, that the judges be vetted and reviewed to make sure that they are also putting out their best performance.
'There's a lot on the line for the skaters when they're out there giving it their all, and we deserve to have the judges also giving us their all and for it to be a fair and even playing field.'
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Its not rigging
Its “equity”
As the feminists/socialists like to say
I turned the Olympics off after one of them said Trump supporters can’t stand 2 b—-ches winning.
Enough
The americans will win after the mail in ballots are counted...
Boo hoo. These whiners should have experienced the “judging” when the USSR was in the Olympics. It is impossible to take judged events too seriously. Timed and measured events are the only remotely fair ones. I only watch the skating for the chicks’ legs.
Post of the day!
Judges tweaking their scores to upvote their stars over others? This is news?
Hilarious fraud. And the French judge’s name is Jezebel!
LOL! Zackly!
I can’t stand 2 b—-ches b—ching about not winning. It’s a dance recital on ice. Calm down.
What does Johnny Weir say?
I trust his scoring judgments
yeah, but its a "dance recital" they have been practicing at since they were 5 years old, and specifically with their parter and program, have spent 365 days over the last year training for.
With that kind of investment of one's life, you want to at least have a fair judging system.
'It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations,' it read, adding it has 'full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness.'
Of course these jerks ignore the clear facts. They're spineless, corrupt, or both.
Well played !
“I can’t stand 2 b—-ches b—ching about not winning. It’s a dance recital on ice. Calm down.”
I can. It’s what I live with working with women. I can’t stand it with them bringing Trump into it.
Whenever there is “judging” you will have bad judges.
This is a story as old as the Olympics.
Fair judging went out with the East German judges.
when the judges are all AI all will be right
I learned as a very young boy watching the US vs the World in amateur boxing on ABC that when there were two judges from another country unless the American got a KO that a robbery was about to happen…especially the Cuban and USSR judges. Nothing new. The IOC will change nothing.
If you do not wish subjectivity in your scoring, do not enter into an event with subjective scoring.
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