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Ice Skating's Biggest Scandal - Tonya Harding And The Attack On Nancy Kerrigan - How It All Played Out


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“Few Tears, No Blood as Snow White Beats Poison Dwarf”

Sport is fueled by rivalries. They are rooted in religion, social class, bitterness and some in plain jealousy. Think Revie vs Clough, Ali vs Frazier or Senna vs Prost.

In this episode of How It All Played Out Mark and Paul travel to a cold, damp America in 1994 where figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is exiting the ice after a routine practice session. She's warming up for the US National Championships, expecting to qualify for the Winter Olympics that are to be held in just a few weeks time.

Moments later, she's attacked by a man wielding a baton who strikes her on the knee. A cameraman is close by and captures her screams of “Why me?”

But why indeed was she attacked? And what role did fellow ice skater Tonya Harding play in what would soon turn into the biggest sporting scandal of the decade?

This is a story that involves manipulation, greed, jealousy and the FBI.

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