NEW YORK (AP) Recent controversies in figure skating:<

- July 2002: A reputed Russian crime boss was arrested on charges he fixed two figure skating events at the Salt Lake City Games by arranging a vote-swapping deal. Alimzan Tokhtakhounov was picked up in Italy on U.S. charges and was accused of scheming to get a French judge to vote for the Russian pairs team, which won the gold medal. In exchange, he arranged for the French team to win the ice dancing gold, according to a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.

- March 2002: The International Skating Union rejected a protest by Lithuania over the fourth-place finish of its ice dancers at the World Championships in Nagano, Japan. Lithuania filed the protest after Israelis Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski were awarded the bronze medal. Also, the Los Angeles Times reported that U.S. judge Sharon Rogers received death threats in her hotel room during the World Championships.

- February 2002: A second gold medal in pairs skating was awarded to Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier at the Salt Lake City Olympics after French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne said she had been pressured to vote for Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze. The Russians edged Sale and Pelletier 5-4 despite stumbling in their routine. Le Gougne later recanted but still was suspended for three years plus the 2006 Olympics, as was French federation chief Didier Gailhaguet.

- March 2000: French pairs skater Stephane Bernadis was attacked in a hotel room during the World Championships in Nice, France, by a man who cut him on the forearm with a razor and then fled. Bernadis received several stitches but went on to win a bronze medal with partner Sarah Abitbol. He also said a threatening note was left on his car several weeks before the competition that said, "You will die soon."

- March 2000: Russian pair champions Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze withdrew from the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France, after learning Berezhnaya failed a drug test during the European championships in February. Berezhnaya said the substance, identified by officials as a stimulant, was taken inadvertently to treat bronchitis.

- December 1999: Russian Maria Butyrskaya's car was blown up in front of her home on the eve of the Russian Championships.

- February 1998: The ISU suspended Canadian judge Jean Senft and Ukrainian judge Yuri Balkov after the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Senft recorded a phone conversation before the competition in which Balkov allegedly went over planned placements. Balkov served a year suspension and was back on the ice dancing panel at the Salt Lake City Games. Senft served a six-month suspension.

- January 1994: One month before the Lillehammer Olympics, Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the knee in an attempt to knock her out of the competition. Rival skater Tonya Harding later admitted to plotting a cover-up and pleaded guilty for her role. She got three years' probation, $160,000 in fines and 500 hours of community service. Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, her would-be bodyguard Shawn Eckardt, hit man Shane Stant and getaway driver Derrick Smith all served prison time for their roles. Kerrigan went on to win a silver at the Olympics, while Harding was eighth. The Feb. 23, 1994, broadcast of women's figure skating at those Winter Games drew the sixth-highest ratings in history for any TV program, sports or otherwise.

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