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Tonya Harding

Born: Nov. 12, 1970
Figure skater

1991 U.S. women's champion; involved in bizarre plot hatched by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan on Jan. 6, 1994 and keep her off Olympic team; won '94 U.S. women's title in Kerrigan's absence; denied any role in assault and sued USOC when her berth on Olympic team was threatened; finished 8th at Lillehammer (Kerrigan recovered and won silver medal); pled guilty on Mar. 16 to conspiracy to hinder investigation; stripped of 1994 title by U.S. Figure Skating Association.

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Tonya's nightmare: should that raw bundle of talent represent the red, white and blue in Lillehammer? (skater Tonya Harding may be dropped from Olympic team due to alleged involvement in attack on competitor Nancy Kerrigan; includes chronology of events) (Cover Story) (U.S. News & World Report)

Surrealism on the ice. (Tonya Harding's connection with the beating of Nancy Kerrigan) (U.S. News & World Report)

Tonya Harding orgy. (includes related article on E-mail privacy invasion) (Ethics on Trial: Tabloid Trash and Flash Threaten to Corrupt the American Media) (Nieman Reports)

The media on thin ice. (mistreatment of Tonya Harding)(Pundit Watch) (Column) (Column) (The Progressive)

American justice is all wet when applied to celebrities. (cases that avoided prosecution of Tonya Harding and Michael Jackson) (The Last Word) (Column) (Insight on the News)

El secuestro de Tonya. (Tonya Harding)(TT: Tonya's kidnapping) (Epoca)

Tonya, Nancy and Norwegians take the fun out of the games. (Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, 1994 Winter Olympic Games) (The Last Word) (Column) (Insight on the News)

When Tonya Met Nancy.(Periscope; CLOSURE)(Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan)(Brief article) (Newsweek)

America on ice. (controversy concerning figure skaters Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan) (American Survey) (The Economist (US))

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