Word: kerrigans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kerrigan's comeback was done in grand style at a Boston charity benefit, televised by CBS on Feb. 5, called Nancy Kerrigan & Friends. Her program looked clean and vigorous, though her spins still lack impetus. Until then, her recovery was conducted in secrecy. The rink in South Dennis, Massachusetts, where she works, was guarded right up to the roof. But even before the show aired, her coaches, Evy and Mary Scotvold, were ebullient. Kerrigan wanted to hit the ice jumping. But Evy insisted on caution because of scar tissue: "We've had to push it, but we couldn't push...
...This is Kerrigan's second comeback since her 1992 bronze. The first occurred after her disastrous fifth-place finish in March during the World Championship in Prague -- an event she was favored to win. Not strong enough in her long program, she scaled back jumps and faltered. As the medal ceremony took place, she cried out on TV, "I should be out there...
...safety net to catch Kerrigan's fall in Detroit was this proud family. But how does anyone cope with the anger generated by a vicious attack? The Scotvolds say simply that she doesn't brood: "She doesn't have time to dwell on what's happened. Maybe after the Olympics are over." Wylie adds that she may be dissociating herself from the blow to protect her concentration. Kerrigan is, as usual, circumspect. "It's hard to know what to feel right now," she says. Admitting to watching the developments on TV, she quips that it is all a form...
...learned that she built up excess nervous energy before a performance. Now she will run up and down the corridor to get some release. She also discovered the relaxing value of comedy tapes. Her favorites are telephone scams by a couple of New York City radio disk jockeys. Says Kerrigan: "They just call up people and harass them. It lightens up the whole atmosphere...
...athletes go through the crucial on-scene practices, the skating debacle has contorted the entire event. Kerrigan, never really poised, arrived to confront a solid wall of press. Asked of her feelings toward her rival last week, Kerrigan said, "I think it's personal, and between the two of us and not you guys." When she chatted with her coaches and doctor at rinkside, someone lowered a boom mike to pick up the conversation. "Can they do that?" she asked. Says Evy Scotvold: "She just can't get any space. She's never had this kind of impact." Now that...