eclark1894
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Remember this????
Not to get in...to win. She was already in. She knew she wasn't good enough to win.Remember her???? Kneecapped her opponent to get into the Olympics.
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Oh, those athletes. Taking the knee in sportRemember her???? Kneecapped her opponent to get into the Olympics.
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Apparently we're both wrong. I thought I had heard different so I looked it up in Wikipedia:Not to get in...to win. She was already in. She knew she wasn't good enough to win.
Dana
It was two days before the Olympic trials...for the Olympics. There really was no question that either would get in. Harding just wanted to insure her chances of winning, she knew she wasn't better than Nancy. With Nancy out, she figured winning would be a sure bet. Which is just what happened in the U.S. championship event. She was good, just not good enough. And she didn't actually do the act, she had a hired thug to do the attack. Some people just don't understand the concept of sport. That was more like a maffia thing. She missed her calling!Apparently we're both wrong. I thought I had heard different so I looked it up in Wikipedia:
On January 6, 1994, one day before the U.S. Figure Skating Championship first Ladies' Singles competition, Nancy Kerrigan was attacked in a corridor after a practice session at the Detroit Cobo Arena.
Nancy Kerrigan was walking behind a curtain when Stant rushed behind her. Using both hands, he swung a 21-inch (53 cm) ASP telescopic baton at her right leg, striking above her knee. The attack was intended to seriously injure Kerrigan so that she could not compete in the Nationals (Kerrigan was the defending 1993 Champion) nor the Winter Olympics. Kerrigan's leg was not broken but severely bruised, forcing her to withdraw from the Championships and forgo competing to retain the U.S. Ladies' title.
Both Harding and Kerrigan competed in the Olympics in 1994.