Meddling is a story of international intrigue set against the backdrop of the 2002 Winter Olympics. In this four-part series produced by Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, you’ll learn about the skating scandal that led to a major reform in how skating routines are judged.
The show introduces viewers to Russian skating pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, and Canadian skating partners Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, both were expected to do well at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002. But when Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were awarded the gold medal after performing a flawed routine (and Sale and Pelletier earned a silver after what many considered a flawless performance), a French judge came under fire for allegedly being pressured to swing her scoring in the Russians’ favor. It was such a controversy that Sale and Pelletier were ultimately named co-gold medalists.
In the series, the judge who was at the center of the scandal speaks out, along with the skater involved. And if you can’t get enough of the 2002 figure skating scandal, it’s also the subject of an episode of the Netflix series Bad Sport.