Word: medals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tonya Harding, 23, are soap-opera fans, though only Harding's life resembles one. Kerrigan's sturdy family life and stable upbringing imbued her with a manner so authentic and unassuming that even last week's media barrage seemed not to faze her. Through her good years (a bronze medal in the '92 Games) and bad (a dismal fifth-place finish at the '93 World Championships), Kerrigan has drawn on the unconditional love of two parents, two devoted older brothers and an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins, who turn out at competitions to cheer her on. Blessed with...
...misfortune was especially poignant. As a skater, she has always been an enigma. Blessed with a solid, assured technique -- high, ample leaps, a long, elegant line and instinctive musicality -- she is an erratic competitor. On good days she has won national titles and, in 1992, an Olympic bronze medal. On bad days she has lost her nerve and scaled down her program by simplifying or eliminating the tough jumps. Says TV commentator and former - Olympic gold medalist Dick Button: "She is unusually strong as a skater, more so than most women, but in other ways she is very fragile...
...point came at the world championship last year in Prague. Expected to win, she went home without a medal. The failure changed her life. She intensified her training, did double and even triple run-throughs of her long program -- a feat requiring great reserves of physical stamina and mental energy -- and consulted a sports psychologist to combat what seemed like a will to lose...
...fellow skaters turned remarkably blind eyes to her downfall and to the issue of security. Skater after skater mumbled that it could have happened to anyone, but that it certainly wouldn't happen again, least of all to them. Veteran Brian Boitano -- Olympics-bound after winning the silver medal in Detroit -- was one of the few to show concern, admitting at a press conference that he too has been the target of harassing fans...
...unidentified man attacked U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan -- a contender for an Olympic gold medal -- as she practiced for the U.S. championships in Detroit. The assailant struck Kerrigan in the knee with a club and fled. The attack was reminiscent of the stabbing of tennis star Monica Seles in Germany last year. Kerrigan has withdrawn from the nationals but may yet compete in the Olympic Games next month, if the U.S. Figure Skating Association decides to offer her a place on the team...