The reason I think the two gold medals played a part is that it ceased the investigation to find out who Didier was colluding with.
Joe
Yes, I could care less about the awarding of two gold medals. I was absolutely sickened and outraged, however, by the total lack of anything resembling a complete or rigorous investigation. They swept all the corruption under the rug and continued business as usual. It is nauseating that La Gougne will ever be allowed to judge international figure skating again. It is nauseating that the head of her federation was not banned for life. It is equally nauseating that the other side of the "deal", the Russians, were never even investigated at all. It was a golden (no pun intended) opportunity for figure skating to clean out the bad apples, and they CHOSE, freely, not to do it. THAT is what killed credibility of the sport. Judges who cheat should NEVER be allowed to judge again. The federations they are representing should be disgraced.