Before Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, there was American sweetheart Debi Thomas vs East German communist skater Katarina Witt. They even skated to the same music! But what should have been an Olympic talent showdown instead became a proxy war for each country’s social system—and the drama ate up two young athletes in the process.

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