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BLOOMFIELD, Conn: Hailed in 1993 as an ethereal "ice princess" by TIME's Susanna Schrobsdorff, Oksana Baiul is attempting to set her crown straight after skidding her green Mercedes off the highway and into some Connecticut shrubbery Sunday morning. An unknown Ukrainian orphan who first emerged as an international sports celebrity after cinching an Olympic gold in 1994 at the age of 16, Oksana had slipped to the sidelines of world competition, plagued by back and knee injuries, weight gain and the distractions of stardom. On Tuesday, police charged Baiul, 19, who now lives in Connecticut, with drinking and reckless...
Sadly, one of the best winter spectator sports, kitschy-ice-skating-outfit-watching, has been in decline ever since the Soviet Union went capitalist and discovered good taste. The final straw: OKSANA BAIUL, whose feathery, tear-stained confection did Ukraine so proud in the 1994 Olympics (above), has been given a makeover in December's Seventeen (left). Well, it had to happen. In the year she has lived in the U.S., Baiul has cottoned on to a lot of what it means to be an American teenager. When not performing, she likes to shop, she says, especially for clothes...
Most Popular Composer in the Rink: Not Tchaikovsky, for all the feathers on Oksana Baiul's swan suit. Two of the top four dance couples tripped the ice fantastic to the music of Italian film composer Nino Rota, and Frenchman Philippe Candeloro, who won a bronze, skated to Rota's score for The Godfather...
...That I'm Bitter, But ... : Believing the medal ceremony was delayed as Oksana Baiul touched up her makeup, Nancy Kerrigan said: "Oh, come on. So she's going to get out here and cry again. What's the difference?" The delay was caused by a search for a copy of Ukraine's anthem...
Ukrainian teenager Oksana Baiul left Lillehammer with a gold medal in women's figure skating, after surviving a collision during practice that left her with a bruised spine and three stitches in her shin. Nancy Kerrigan, clubbing victim, went home with a silver ... and doubtless a fistful of new endorsement offers. Her bitter rival, Tonya Harding, flubbed the technical portion of the competition, aborted her first pass at the long performance, complaining of a badly tied lace, and finished eighth. She returns to face legal problems...