That was the year skater Tonya Harding was implicated in a violent attempt to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan .

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Harding competed for the U.S. in figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics while under suspicion following an assault on her teammate and medal rival Nancy Kerrigan weeks before the games in Lillehammer, Norway.

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