4 TV shows that will get you excited 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 produced by 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, and Canadian skating partners Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, both of whom were expected to do well at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002. But when Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze took home the gold after performing a flawed routine (and Sale and Pelletier received silver after what many considered a flawless performance), a French judge was harshly criticized. Allegedly, he was under pressure. To swing its registration in favor of the Russians. It was such a huge controversy that Sale and Pelletier were eventually awarded gold medals.

In the series, the judge at the center of the scandal talks to 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.