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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the ABC special last night, Harding criticized Nancy for being caught on tape that everyone had to wait for Oksana to put her naked up on before the medal ceremony. She wouldn't apologize last night, either. I think Tonya's whole attitude and support she received then and now, was to make Nancy look like a spoiled narcissistic privileged wealthy girl. Tonya is really even more diabolical than I realized. And she is America's Sweetheart and come back story, when we should be supporting Nancy. [/quote]

Yeah that's a tired horse.  First, the reason everyone was waiting was not for Oksana's makeup; it was for the sound people to locate the national anthem of Ukraine.  USSR split happened very recently and the anthems of all the newly independent republics haven't been fully metabolized into the system yet.  Second, honestly Kerrigan could be forgiven for being a little peevish at that moment. She skated a clean program; she fully expected to win gold.  The split between Nancy and Oksana went down to one judge: 5/4.  It could have gone either way, it wasn't a case of one clear winner over the other.  Reasonable people could disagree about who could have one that night.  We forgive male players for kicking the board and swearing but we hold figure skaters to such an impossible standard that they aren't even allowed one word of discontent.

Finally, as has been pointed out multiple times, Nancy isn't privileged or wealthy; she comes from a blue-collar, workingclass family. [/quote]

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