Tonya Harding (USA) - 1994 Lillehammer, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate, 1st Attempt

Hamar, NORWAY - 1994 Lillehammer, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate - Tonya Harding of the United States had skate lace problems when her original laces broke during the 6-minute warm up. Her team did not have a proper spare lace for this kind of an emergency and ended up using whatever they could find, which apparently was not long enough for her to properly tie her skate properly. In order to avoid being disqualified for not getting into her starting position within the 2 minutes after they announced her name, she would rush out ill prepared and started her routine. She would bail out of the opening triple Lutz and then go to the referee to show the referee her problem. She would be allowed time to fix her lace problem. It seemed that Tonya expected only a small break to change her lace and then go back out to skate, but the announcer came on and announced that she would be allowed to reskate at the end of the group and immediately called out Josee Chouinard of Canada to skate.

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• Tonya
• Harding
• Josee
• Chouinard
• 1994
• figure
• skating

[TripleAxel1991]

um, Josee Choinard falling had nothing to do with Tonya Harding. By the time she got on the ice it was MAYBE a minute early if even that, the entire Tonya thing took as long as her performance would have been anyway. Even Josee said it didn't effect her, as it shouldn't. These are WORLD CLASS ATHLETES, I think they can handle going on the ice a few seconds early. Please.

[MsPelicanus]

@metsdudenj >whats with you Americans and this overused phrase"WHite Trash""" Are you so afraid of being represented with someone who doesnt have money?????? She could skate and I wouldnt care less if she hadnt a cent .Her performance on the ice is what matters not her social standing for fucks sake. Get a life!!!She had more natural ability than that Kerrigan girl!

[flyswat16]

Horrible dress. Ah, the 90s...

[allenglandlawns]

@anne91276 Yep! Jumping. Tonya Harding made some terrible choices in her career but possessed more jumping and athletic ability than any other female skater in American history.

[imktwrk]

@atheistunicorn You got that right! What a shame on America's image!. white trash like her

[atheistunicorn]

What a disgusting piece of shit person, Tonya Harding is.

[IkeMikeAndMustard]

her lace is still tied!!!

[anne91276]

@MsPelicanus ugh. Tonya Harding- having a 'natural' ability? With what? Jumping Queen?

[GardiniaBloom]

So her lace really did break? Wow. I was told she was just faking. Did they ever find out why her laces kept breaking.

[juaquino]

@MsPelicanus White trash has nothing to do with money. It all has to do with class. You can be as rich as they come and still be white trash.

However, it's still isn't nice to stand in judgment of anybody.

[tjpization]

Why are ya'll still arguing about this!?? Move on!

[MsPelicanus]

@etweineberg>> Im Away from your name calling and calling people white trash ITs YOU that has an UGLY demeanor.