Name  Jamie Salé and David Pelletier

Olympics  2002 Salt Lake City, Utah

Event  Figure skating, pairs

The setting The Soviet Union, and then later on the Russians and former Soviet States, had dominated the figure skating pairs competition since 1960, winning 11 consecutive golds.

On the day During the free skate, Russian pair of Yelena Berezhnaya andAnton Sikharulidze (the main competitors to Salé and Pelletier) made a technical error when Sikharulidze stepped out of a double axel. Salé and Pelletier, on the other hand, skated a flawless routine. The Canadians received three 5.9s for technical merit, while the Russian score was composed of mainly 5.8s and 5.7s. When it came to presentation, the Canadians received four 5.9s while the Russians were given seven. Because presentation was weighted more heavily than technical merit at the time, the Canadians needed at least five 5.9s to beat the Russians and claim gold. A loud "boooooo" permeated the stadium when it became clear the gold medal was going to the Russians.

The next day, amid already widespread suspicion, a scandal emerged: French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne admitted to being pressured to vote for the Russians. During an emotional breakdown, she alleged the head of the French skating organization at the time cut a deal so French pair Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat would receive high scores during their ice dance competition. 

On February 15, during a press conference, IOC president Jacques Rogge announced that Salé and Pelletier¹s silver medal would be upgraded to a gold. The Russians were allowed to keep their gold as well because neither was believed to be aware of the score fixing.

Afterlife  Salé and Pelletier were engaged on December 25, 2004 at their Edmonton home and married on December 30, 2005. Their first child, a boy named Jesse Joe Pelletier, was born on September 30, 2007.

Despite their new family, both Salé and Pelletier remain active skaters professionally. They now tour with the figure skating show Stars on Ice. In 2006, they served as commentators during the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. In 2008, the pair was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, and later the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. Salé also appeared in the Battle of the Blades competition, a reality TV show on CBC, winning the competition with former NHLer Craig Simpson, now the lead analyst for Hockey Night In Canada