4 TV Shows That Will Get You Pumped for the 2026 Winter Olympics
Interference is a story of international intrigue set against the backdrop of the 2002 Winter Olympics. In this four-part series from 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 duo Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, as well as Canadian skating partners Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, both of whom were expected to succeed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. But when Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze received the gold medal after performing a flawed routine (and Sale and Pelletier won a silver medal after what many considered a flawless performance), a French judge was criticized for allegedly being pressured to change her score in the Favor of the Russians. The controversy was such 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, as well as 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.
