more than once with different partners. The first woman to do so was Russian skater Irina Rodnina, who won three Olympics with two different partners. Full results Referee: Walburga Grimm Assistant Referee: Ronald T. Pfenning Judges: Yang Jiasheng John Greenwood Heinz-Ulrich Walther Anna Sierocka Roger A. Glenn Olga Záková Donald McKnight Marina Sanaya Alfred Korytek Marie-Reine Le Gougne (substitute) Ice dance Grishuk and Platov became the first pair ever to repeat as champions in Olympic Ice Dance. They won 21 straight events before they won in Nagano. The judging was marred by accusations that the Europeans colluded in "bloc voting" (where judges tend to favor skaters from their regions), so that the dance teams representing their countries would take the medals, while keeping the Canadians off the podium. Full results Referee: Wolfgang Kunz Assistant Referee: Alexander Gorshkov Judges: Jean Senft Halina Gordon-Półtorak Eugenia Gasiorowska Yuri Balkov Ulf Denzer Jarmila Portová Alla Shekhovtsova Walter Zuccaro Jean-Bernard Hamel Robert J. Horen (substitute) References External links 1998 Winter Olympics at Skate Canada 1998 Winter Olympics at Ice Skating International Judges Scoring of Ladies Free Skating-all skaters Men THE XVIII WINTER GAMES: FIGURE SKATING; Kulik of Russia Rides His Quad to Figure-Skating Gold Stojko wins silver for second time L.A. Times Ladies Kwan Lipinski Short program Washington Post Lipinski wins Sports Illystrated Pairs Dmitriev Kazakova New York Times Gold and Silver go to Russia New York Times Dance Grishuk and Platov win again! L.A. Times 1998 Winter Olympics events 1998 1998 in figure skating International figure skating competitions hosted by Japan