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'HEADS WILL ROLL'

Another said bluntly: "From what I've read today, if the French win the pairs dancing, heads will roll before they leave Salt Lake. If not before that."

There were many posts in various forums that cast aspersions on the origins of all parties involved in the case. They will not be reproduced here.

There were other ways Web-surfers could express themselves. Several sites, including www.harrisinteractive.com asked visitors to give their opinions in unscientific surveys on the issue.

Visitors to the Harris site were asked to complete the sentence, "The victory of the Russians over the Canadians in pairs figure skating was the result of..." Choices offered were politics, the differing opinions of judges and revenge.

In its "Readers' Opinions" section, the New York Times Web site called the scandal "Rashomon Incident of the Week: Canadians vs. Cronyism, a Love Story," the last phrase an apparent reference to the music the Canadian pair chose for their program.

Compiled before Friday's announcement, the New York Times said participants in the forum were divided on which pair deserved the gold medal.

"North Americans only have themselves to blame," one participant wrote. "Judges try to look at a performance objectively however the American crowds are so pathetically focused on their own people ... that you can hardly blame a judge for subconsciously working against an American ... Serves yourselves right!"

But another called the incident "the most bizarre thing I have ever seen in a sporting event" and offered a haiku to sum the matter up: "Poor Canadians skate so perfect/Crowd loves them/So why Russians win?"