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[quote=Anonymous]The general feeling about Nancy vs. what true skating fans know about Nancy is very different.

Let me be clear: Nancy Kerrigan in no way deserved to be beaten. She handled that physical and emotional pressure very well, and performed her best at the Olympics--that is laudable.

But here's why skating fans don't like Golden Nancy or Poor Nancy Deserved the Gold narrative:

1) She really didn't perform better than Oksana in either her short program or her long program; technically and artistically, she was not superior to Oksana in that competition, and she did not deserve gold.

2) Nancy's bitching leading up to and during the Olympic medal ceremony was not an anomaly born from the pressure of that particular competition, and the events leading up to it. Nancy was notorious for being rude to coaches, judges, even the little flower girls in the Kiss and Cry area--her 1993 World's, I think, was particularly bad. Bitching and moaning and being rude to her coaches--it was awful.

3) Nancy was known to be rude to sponsors. Hard to work with. Google her remarks she made into a hot mic while she was sitting, wearing her silver medal, on a float in a parade held in her honor at Disney world. She called that experience "corny" and "horrible" and she "wanted it to be over." Can you imagine behaving that way during a PAID appearance--an event held in your honor at Disney World, with little girls literally looking up to you?

4) Yes, she broke up a marriage. It's true. She knowingly entered into a relationship with a married man, which I find to be horribly immoral, no matter how one might justify it.

So of course none of that warrants Nancy getting hurt or being put in that whole, horrible position, dealing with so much. I'm glad she came through that, and was able to compete well.

But she is NOT the sweet little ice princess that many think she is/was.[/quote]

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