Drobiazko & Vanagas (LTU) - 2002 World Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance

Nagano, JAPAN - 2002 World Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas of Lithuania were stunned and upset when they were placed in 4th in this dance which then dropped them from 3rd to 4th Place overall. The Lithuanian Skating Federation would file a protest which was denied by the ISU. Ironically, the Lithuanians tend to be a favorite with the judges from North American and Western Europe. When you look at this panel of judges, you knew they would be scored irrationally. Because of this snub, 38 of the ice dancers signed a petition protesting the results and had it delivered to the referees of the event. This would be the last straw to break the camel's back with this beloved 6.0 scoring system, and a new interim scoring system would be introduced next season, leading to the implementation of the IJS system, that we know of today, in 2004.