About this episode

The episode explores the scandal surrounding Tonya Harding and the attack on Nancy Kerrigan in 1994, examining the implications for the sport of figure skating.

In the winter of 1994, figure skating stopped being just glitter and triple jumps when Tonya Harding’s story crashed into a hallway attack that shattered her rival’s knee and the sport’s reputation at the same time. Harding, tough, working‑class, and wildly talented, was suddenly at the center of a true‑crime‑level scandal after people in her orbit helped orchestrate the assault on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan, turning an Olympic dream into a tabloid nightmare and forever tying Tonya’s name to the question: how far did she really go, and how much was she willing to let others do in her name?

People in this episode

Host: Georgia Marie

Topics covered

• Tonya Harding
• Nancy Kerrigan
• 1994 figure skating scandal
• true crime
• sports reputation
• Olympics

Keywords

• Tonya Harding
• Nancy Kerrigan
• 1994
• figure skating
• true crime
• scandal
• Olympics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Olympic dream, tabloid nightmare

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