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...sport may have a new idol in Baiul. Ballet fans who cross over to watch skating already adore her. They love her enormously expressive arms and the unusual flexibility of her back and hips. She is that rare athlete who is also an artist, without doubt the most musical skater to appear in a long time. Like the very best dancers -- say, Suzanne Farrell or Kyra Nichols -- she gives the impression that the melody flows from her body rather than that she ( is reacting to the music...
First Nancy was the victim. The poster child for all those poor anonymous soles who have been stalked by crazy lunatics. No longer the shy, quiet skater from Stoneham, she was the darling of America. Mary Tyler Moore in skates...
...drop these ridiculous labels. Let's keep in mind what Nancy Kerrigan really is to most of us who have never met her: a wonderful skater who entertained the world with a spectacular performance...
...reason why the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding story has struck such a chord. Kerrigan's attacker was not, as most people assumed at first, a crazed fan or a random nut. The crime appears to have been -- just like TV! -- an elaborately plotted effort by another skater's camp to eliminate a rival. Any fan of Murder, She Wrote can recognize the motive. And not even Columbo could have cracked the case faster...
After slipping out of contention in the 500-m race, speed skater Dan Jansen finally won a gold medal and set a world record in the 1,000-m finals. Bonnie Blair skated to gold in the women's 500-m, her third straight Olympic win in the event...