Get Tonya Harding And Nancy Kerrigan Documentary Images. The new movie i, tonya tells the story of the tonya harding and nancy kerrigan scandal — but here's what you won't see. Nancy kerrigan opened up for the first time about the whack heard 'round the world sunday on nbc's documentary nancy & tonya.
The suffocating media coverage gave the entire proceedings an electric atmosphere. Based on the true story of tonya harding and nancy kerrigan, rivals for the usa olympic figure skating team. Harding was definitely more of an athlete, which gave her the body to train harder and perform better.
Harding was embroiled in controversy when, in 1994, her main competitor nancy kerrigan was attacked after a practise session by an attacker enlisted by.
Memories of that extraordinary incident are being stoked this month, with the us figure skating championships returning to detroit for the first time since 1994. Harding and kerrigan were practicing for the us women's championships in detroit, mi, on that january day. 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. I knew that something was up, tonya harding said about the brutal 1994 attack on fellow figure skater nancy kerrigan.