More than 30 Olympic athletes from Georgia are anxiously following the news of the violence in the breakaway region of their country, following the bombardment by Russian tanks, planes and artillery.

The alleged Russian mobster charged with fixing two Olympic figure skating contests was on tape saying six judges might be involved, Italian police said as they released details from their investigation of the worst judging scandal in Olympic history.

Russian sports officials today derided allegations against a reputed mobster charged with conspiring to fix figure skating results at the Salt Lake City Olympics.