SALT LAKE CITY ? Jamie Sale and David Pelletier will get their gold medals in pairs skating on Sunday night, four days earlier than expected.
The special medal ceremony for the Canadian pair will be held after the original dance program at the Salt Lake Ice Center, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday. No other medal ceremonies are scheduled in figure skating on Sunday.
The IOC agreed Friday to allow the Canadians to share first place with Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze at the request of the International Skating Union. The union said a French judge had voted for the Russians under pressure from her national federation.
It was not immediately clear if the Russians and bronze medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China would attend the ceremony. NBC reported Saturday that there was a "strong indication" the other medalists would take part.
ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta said Friday that he thought the duplicate medal would be awarded on Feb. 21, the last day of figure skating competition. But in that case, the presentation to Sale and Pelletier would have shared the spotlight with the medals ceremony for women's skating, the sport's showcase event.