Police have no leads in shooting of Lithuanian ice cream truck driver

AP Worldstream;  June 28, 2003 ;     6 words ...00-00-0000 CGISTATUS=FAILURE. SYSTEM DOWN.

LITHUANIAN ICE DANCERS FILE PROTEST SKATERS ACCUSE JUDGES OF PLAYING...

Rocky Mountain News;  February 20, 2002 ;     621 words ...Just when you thought the figure skating controversies had gone away, Lithuanian ice dancers Povilas Vanagas and Margarita Drobiazko have a question: How did they finish fifth while the Italians, despite a serious...

LITHUANIAN ICE DANCERS FILE PROTEST SKATERS ACCUSE JUDGES OF PLAYING...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 20, 2002 ;     685 words ......Parrish contributed to this report. SALT LAKE CITY -- Just when you thought the figure skating controversies had gone away, Lithuanian ice dancers Povilas Vanagas and Margarita Drobiazko have a question: How did they finish fifth while the Italians, despite a...

A NEW OLYMPIC EVENT: PROTESTING

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......from Belarus departed after charges of drug use, and two Lithuanian ice dancers filed an official protest with Winter Games authorities...Bronze medal (CIRCLE ONE) because -- In their complaint, Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas, who took...

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Rocky Mountain News;  March 2, 2002 ;     140 words ......became the first black to win a gold medal in the Winter Games. It was another day of controversy as well. This time it was Lithuanian ice dancers Povilas Vanagas and Margarita Drobiazko, who filed a formal protest after finishing fifth in a competition won by...

Another day of arguments in judging controversy.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......skating controversy continued, figure skating dealt with the Lithuanian ice dance team's protest Tuesday that its chances to win a medal...applied as they should have been and consequently deprived the Lithuanian ice dance couple the chance to win an Olympic medal, Domanskis...

Fig: Lithuanians ice dance protest thrown out

AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 21, 2002 ;     237 words ...00-00-0000 Fig: Lithuanians ice dance protest thrown out SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb 20 AFP - The protest of Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas against their fifth placing in the Olympic figure skating final has been...

Lithuanian Ice Dance Protest Rejected

Xinhua News Agency;  February 22, 2002 ;     152 words ...Lithuania's protest against ice dancing referee has been rejected by the International Skating Union (ISU). The ISU said in a press release that the ISU referee Alexandr Gorshkov of Russia has confirmed the results of fifth place after the free program for the Luthuanian couple Margarita Drobiazko

Lithuanian ice dance protest denied

AP Worldstream;  February 21, 2002 ;     160 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: SALT LAKE CITY The International Skating Union on Wednesday rejected Lithuania's appeal to investigate the results of the ice dancing finals. Lithuania's Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas questioned how they could finish fifth in the free dance program when the two teams

FIG: Lithuanians hit back at ISU rejection of ice dance protest

AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 22, 2002 ;     377 words ...00-00-0000 FIG: Lithuanians hit back at ISU rejection of ice dance protest SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb 21 AFP - Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas today slammed the rejection by the International Skating Union (ISU...

Vanagas drops a bomb

AP Worldstream;  March 23, 2002 ;     402 words ......but it wasn't exactly what International Skating Union officials had in mind. On Saturday, the final day of competition, Lithuanian ice dancer Povilas Vanagas dropped a bomb with a scathing criticism of the ISU and its judging system after he and partner Margarita...

Sports Figure Skating Scandal Revisited

AP Worldstream;  March 23, 2002 ;     514 words ......Championships was another judging fiasco _ but that's exactly what they got. On Saturday, the final day of competition, Lithuanian ice dancer Povilas Vanagas unleashed a scathing criticism of the ISU and its judging system after he and partner Margarita Drobiazko...

IOC BECOMES LORDS OF FIVE-RING CIRCUS

The Boston Globe;  February 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ......can get duplicate gold medals for their pairs skaters, why not the Koreans? How about the Russians? And shouldn't those Lithuanian ice dancers at least get a bronze? "We are not humiliated," said Leonid Tyagachev, the president of Russia's Olympic committee...

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19.(Special Pullouts)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 2, 2002 ;     284 words ......became the first black to win a gold medal in the Winter Games. It was another day of controversy as well. This time it was Lithuanian ice dancers Povilas Vanagas and Margarita Drobiazko, who filed a formal protest after finishing fifth in a competition won by...

Lithuanian Skating Federation Protests Judging of Free Dance

Xinhua News Agency;  February 20, 2002 ;     509 words ......as described by the International Skating Union were not applied as they should have been and consequently deprived the Lithuanian ice dance couple of MargaritaDrobiazko/Povilas Vanagas the chance to win an Olympic medal," said Domanskis. "It just seems funny...