2002: Dirty (Ice) Dancing in Salt Lake Cityįigure skating judges were again at the center of a scandal when another vote-trading plot among judges, this time in pairs ice dancing, was uncovered. The event was punctuated by Harding dramatically stopping during her long program and officials granting her a re-skate because of a broken skate lace. In the end, Kerrigan took silver behind Ukraine’s Oksana Baiul Harding finished eighth.Ħ. With Kerrigan recovered-and Harding allowed to compete despite her not-yet-confirmed connection to the crime-the women’s figure skating competition became the hottest event at the Olympics. Soon afterward, however, it was discovered that Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had planned the attack. Nationals, paving the way for Harding to win the event and to qualify for the Olympics. "Terror on Ice," "Ice Follies," "Thin Ice"-newspaper and magazine headline writers had a field day in wake of figure skating's most notable scandal. Americans Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding stood at the center of events that inspired documentaries, a Seinfeld TV episode, song parodies and a feature-length movie.Ī month before the 1994 Winter Games, a man wielding a metal baton attacked gold- medal favorite Kerrigan during a practice at the U.S.
Tonya Harding (left) did not earn a medal at the 1994 Games.
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