>>This is the opposite of sweeping it under the rug.
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>Hardly. If the investigation is still going on, why did they decide to give out the medals? Seems like the results of the investigation will have absolutely no effect on what happened this year, and it was simply pacified by throwing medals at the situation.

The judge admited to giving an unjustified score, they threw out the scores she gave and the two pairs were tied. Seems pretty clear cut.

>Lame. I'd be embarassed to get the "sympathy" awards.

What's lamer is trying to pass off the above statement as an argument. Hehe