WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.519 A competitive spirit is part of what drives professional athletes. 2 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.519 They strive not only to be better than their competitors, 3 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:17.320 but better than the athlete that they once were. However, 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:20.039 there are some out there who will do whatever it 5 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:24.679 takes to win, no matter the cost. This is the 6 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.679 story of figure skating legend Nancy Kerrigan. She was assaulted 7 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.880 for her skills in the figure skating world. The attack 8 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:35.240 on her was meant to take her out of the 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:39.320 competition for good and raise someone else to the top instead. 10 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:41.960 This is her story. 11 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.679 My name's Ben and I'm Nicole, and you're listening to 12 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.439 Wicked and Grim, a. 13 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:56.439 True crime podcast. The following podcast and material intended for 14 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.320 a mature audience listener discretion as it. 15 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:20.359 So. 16 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:24.760 Our first ever podcast video is officially up on YouTube. 17 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:25.560 We got it done. 18 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:26.760 We did it finally. 19 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.000 It took a little while to get everything figured out, 20 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.560 but it's done. It's up. This one's being recorded and 21 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.000 being thrown up on YouTube too. A little bit of 22 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.400 a round of applause and a pattern our back, because 23 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:38.640 I'm proud of ourselves for that. 24 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:40.920 Third time was charm, wasn't it it? It was just 25 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.640 took three times. That's not terrible. 26 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.400 No, not at all, you know, but it's up there. 27 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.159 We got it done. So we're going to continue posting 28 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.120 these in video format. If you want to check it 29 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.640 out YouTube link down below. We have two YouTube channels 30 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.319 for the record of log one and one that actually 31 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.599 hosts the podcast, so they're both in the description. Very cool, 32 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:02.719 but we got a lot going on that we're going 33 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.040 to talk about. We're going to get through this real 34 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.000 quick so we can get onto the episode, which is 35 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.919 Nancy Kerrigan, which is a very heavily researched one. Took 36 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.120 a long time to get through. I could imagine it's 37 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.560 if you don't know this, it is a wild sports story. 38 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.879 So we're going to get into that. But first we 39 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.240 want to thank our Patreons. We do everyone who signed 40 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.759 up on Patreon absolutely so this week we had John Wiseman, 41 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.840 Chelsea Adler, and Amanda all sign up on Patreon and 42 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:29.639 they're getting behind the scenes, the extra content, all that 43 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:32.879 good stuff, all all all the things. 44 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:35.319 Thank you so much, honestly, that's awesome. 45 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.319 They're also getting a heads up on something that we 46 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:40.199 just recorded prior to. 47 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.520 This that you know, it took us about five times, 48 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.719 but we got it. We nailed it. We nailed it, 49 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:46.560 jailed it. 50 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.400 We're no voice actors by any means, so it took 51 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.960 us a bit. But we have a podcast trailer coming out. 52 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.439 And finally after a two hundred episode. 53 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:57.080 Right, well nearly, I think we're on episode. This is 54 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.919 one seventy one or seven seventy two, I think. Okay, 55 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.680 but uh yeah, they got the heads up on the 56 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.879 script and everything, and they're gonna hear the actual trailer 57 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.400 before it's released live. 58 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:08.759 So it's awesome. 59 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:10.199 I think I think we did a good job. 60 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:11.599 Yeah, I'm pretty pumped about it. 61 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:15.039 There's there's a little like seasoning in there that hints 62 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.520 at like our name wicked yeh grim that I love. 63 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:18.479 It's real good. 64 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.639 Yeah, So I'm pretty proud of ourselves for that one too. 65 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.840 So another rando applause for ourselves and having back. 66 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.479 Holy heck, hey, we deserve a treat or. 67 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:27.840 Something, No kidding. Well, I've got a drink. I don't 68 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:28.319 know about you. 69 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.520 I just have water, just water. Yeah, well, hydration is important. 70 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:37.000 It is you know the good old counting calories, right beers? Well, 71 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:38.800 actually I don't know how much calories is in a 72 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:39.360 cann of beer. 73 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:40.520 Yeah, they don't count. 74 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.759 Okay, okay, it has zero you should. 75 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.080 I'm especially not gonna be counting the calories when we 76 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.520 are over at our friend Deadfall recording our next true 77 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:52.759 Crime Trivia day. 78 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.199 Yeah, I will. I won't count calories that day. 79 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:57.639 No. So we're gonna be hosting this true Crime Trivia day. 80 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:01.280 We're gonna be uh streaming live probably on Instagram or 81 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.360 Patreon or something. We haven't figured out exactly yet, but 82 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:06.159 we're gonna be doing a live stream as well. And yeah, 83 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:07.039 it's gonna be a good time. 84 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.479 This is our second time doing it. The first one 85 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:12.199 was freaking amazing. It was so fun. 86 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:17.439 I don't understand how all these people are so smart 87 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:18.879 with true CRIMEA. 88 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:22.399 I mean, because honestly, if Ben and I were in attendance, 89 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.439 we would not have like people wouldn't want us on 90 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:25.879 their team. 91 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:28.480 No, we would do so bad. I think it's probably 92 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.839 because we research so much that it's like the information 93 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:34.519 we take in flushes out the information in our head. 94 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:36.399 Yeah. But I've always sort of had. 95 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.800 An issue of retaining me too too. 96 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.319 Because even like when I was in university, I would 97 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:45.639 do a course, do the exam, and then it was gone. 98 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.480 Forget it like just gone. 99 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.120 In one ear out the other. Yeah, no, I feel 100 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.639 you there. I'm the same way, one hundred percent. I 101 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.839 usually retain the useless information, the useless stuff. 102 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:56.439 Yeah, like what's Barbie's full name? 103 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.800 Barbara Melinis Roberts. 104 00:04:57.800 --> 00:04:58.199 There you go. 105 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.920 Yeah, yeah, I've known that since I was like twelve. 106 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.079 I just was like scruising the internet looking up weird facts. 107 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.639 Learned that, and it's stuck with me since. 108 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:10.279 Anytime you say anything in regards to you rechain useless information. 109 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:11.639 I ask you that same question. 110 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:16.160 Yep, you do. Anyways, you guys didn't come here to 111 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:19.240 learn more about Barbie, you look, came here to listen 112 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.639 to the story of Nancy Carrigan. So should we dive 113 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:22.959 into it? 114 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:23.600 Let's do it. 115 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.600 Okay, we're gonna dive in. We're going to do our 116 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:30.759 best attempt at a proverbial triple axel and tell you 117 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:31.360 this story. 118 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.600 Wow that I liked that. 119 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:35.600 Yeah, I just pulled that off the top of my head. 120 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.480 Really, okay, I thought that was in your script. 121 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:42.920 Definitely not. No, okay. So Nancy was born in the 122 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.279 quaint town of Stoneham, Massachusetts. She emerged as a figure 123 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.439 skating sensation from her beginnings. Now, she was the youngest 124 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:55.399 of her siblings and was the sole daughter of Daniel 125 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.519 and Brenda Kerrigan. Nancy's journey to the ice ring began 126 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.000 when quite young. Now. Her family had deeply rooted roots, 127 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.360 if you will, in a blue collar, kind of valued 128 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.199 town family sort of thing. Just your standard good valued 129 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.480 type people. They were a mix of English, Irish and 130 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:19.560 a German heritage. So while her brothers pursued hockey, Nancy, 131 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.680 though still donning the skates, instead found her passion, gliding 132 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.560 gracefully on the ice at the age of only six 133 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:26.040 years old. 134 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:26.680 Wow. 135 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:32.439 Despite limited resources, her father, Daniel, epitomized sacrifice. He was 136 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.360 often juggling multiple jobs to support Nancy's skating endeavors and 137 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:38.240 of course her brother's hockey as well. 138 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.800 Well yeah those are not cheap sports. 139 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:43.959 No, especially hockey. Yeah. Yeah. He even volunteered as a 140 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.920 zamboni driver for Nancy's skating lessons at the local rink. 141 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.759 My gosh, I love this. I love this family. 142 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:53.120 They're just like a close knit, blue collar, good valued family, 143 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.199 like I said, right, And they're they're tight, They're they're 144 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.319 doing what they need to do, especially for their kids. 145 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:01.360 So props to them. Now, under the guidance of her 146 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:06.480 first coach, Teresa Martin, Nancy's talent began to blossom. However, 147 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:09.160 it was her transition to working with the renowned duo 148 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.319 Heavy and Mary Scott Fold that marked her big turning 149 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.759 point in her career. Okay, so once she kind of 150 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.600 joined this duo as her coach, that's when she really 151 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:22.040 began to propel herself in the kind of competitive world. 152 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.000 So throughout her competitive journey, the Scott Folds remained pillars 153 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.319 of support, helping nurture her figure skating potential and just 154 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.399 really honing those skills. So I think they saw something 155 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:34.680 in her and they really helped her develop it. 156 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:36.920 Yeah, that sounds a good coaches. 157 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:40.800 Oh, definitely. Now Nancy moved to a national competitive prominence, 158 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.879 but it was a gradual move. Soon her prowess as 159 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.839 a jumper would distinguish her from her competitors. So as 160 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.040 she's kind of going to this national level, she began 161 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.160 to get this ability to jump higher and better than 162 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:54.240 the competitor she was with. 163 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.720 Then, I mean props to anyone that is good at 164 00:07:57.720 --> 00:07:59.800 figure skating. I can't skate to save my. 165 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:03.000 I can skate really good, but I cannot stop, which 166 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.000 means I can't do much else other than go. That's 167 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:06.839 about it. 168 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:08.519 It's actually super dangerous. 169 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.439 Oh yeah it is, I know now. Her senior debut 170 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:15.240 signaled the beginning of a steady climb up in the 171 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.680 national rankings, culminizing in a bronze medal in the nineteen 172 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:25.199 eighty nine Winter Universite. Nancy's raise towards greatness continued. Its 173 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:29.240 upward trend continued further and further as she clinched third 174 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:33.200 place in the nineteen ninety one US Figure Skating Championship. 175 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.360 So the country she clinched that third place prize, look 176 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.080 at her go. This achievement granted her entry into the 177 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:47.320 highly coveted nineteen ninety one World Figure Skating Championships, where 178 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.440 she secured the bronze medal. 179 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:53.120 Wow, that is super impressive. 180 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:59.120 No kidding. So notably, her win contributed to a historic milestone, 181 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:03.159 as a United States actually claimed a clean sweep of 182 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.279 the women's podium at the World's champion for the first 183 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:07.039 time ever. 184 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:08.679 Well, I bet they were proud of that. 185 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.879 Yeah, so her and her teammates were all standing side 186 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:13.320 by side on that podium. 187 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:14.039 Very cool. 188 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:18.039 The nineteen ninety two season saw Nancy's remarkable consistency and 189 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.639 improvement as she once again surpassed her previous year's performance 190 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:26.120 at the national Championships, securing the runner up position. Her 191 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.559 stellar form extended onto the international stage, where she claimed 192 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.960 bronze medal in the nineteen ninety two Winter Olympics and 193 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.759 followed it up with a silver at the ninety two 194 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:41.000 World Championships. So she's just getting better and better and better. 195 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:42.000 She means business. 196 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:45.279 The nineteen ninety three season marked a significant milestone in 197 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.080 Nancy's career as she ascended to the top, claiming the 198 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:53.399 title of United States Champion. Despite encouraging the inevitable highs 199 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:58.120 and lows inherited with competitive sports, Nancy's unwavering determination and 200 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.840 commitment to her craft continued to push her forward. Alongside 201 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:04.919 her athletic pursuits, she delved into the realm of sponsorships, 202 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.120 navigating the complexities and endorsement deals and stuff like that. 203 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:12.039 Right still, though she pushed on and kept going through 204 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.840 her journey, Nancy remained a force to be wrecking with 205 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:18.799 in the figure skating world, which brings us to nineteen 206 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:20.320 ninety four. 207 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:23.480 I just wanted to say too, to be to have 208 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:27.440 those kind of awards. I guess you could call them like, 209 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.360 you've to have pretty big dedication to it. Yeah, I 210 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.519 mean she would be eat, sleeping, and breathing. Oh, definitely skating. 211 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.360 I think the word you're looking for is accolades. 212 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.240 Yes, yes, to have that sort of stuff. 213 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.320 Yet recognition, you know, like all that, Like she was 214 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.440 the best in the state in the United States. 215 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:44.759 She's she's top tier. 216 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:45.080 Ye. 217 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.679 To be top tier like that, you have to work 218 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:47.960 for it. 219 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.240 Oh, yeah, she certainly was. 220 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.399 Yeah, you have to put a lot of energy and 221 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.720 a lot of time into that, no doubt. 222 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:58.720 Now it was on January sixth, though, in nineteen ninety four, 223 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.600 let's get back to this here, that Nancy Carigan was 224 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:03.600 hard at work on the ice preparing for the US 225 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.600 Figure Skating Championships, which is being held in Detroit, Michigan. 226 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.279 It was no secret that Nancy was good with a 227 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:14.519 competitive history. She was a top contender to win the competition. 228 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.399 Each skater was doing their thing, warming up on the ice, 229 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:21.639 you know, getting their practice routines in, but of course 230 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:25.639 also eyeing up the competition. Nancy had just finished up 231 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.679 one of her practice sessions at the Cabo Arena, and 232 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:32.279 was leaving the ice rink when she was assaulted the 233 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.399 moment she stepped off the ice. It was even captured 234 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.200 on camera by a film crew who was working with 235 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:41.120 the competition. They followed Nancy when she stepped off the 236 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.559 ice and until the moment she went behind a draping 237 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.720 blue curtain over the rink exit towards the changing rooms. 238 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:49.799 As Nancy walked away and heading down the hallway from 239 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:53.559 the ice rink, the camera turned off. She was approached 240 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.039 in that moment in the hallway by a man. In 241 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:01.240 that instant, Nancy was attacked and a metal baton and 242 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.799 struck her right above the right knee, the same leg 243 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.919 Nancy used to land her signature jumping moves that she 244 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.639 was so well known for. Nancy began screaming in pain 245 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:16.559 as the man fled. Within seconds, people were swarming around 246 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.759 Nancy and the camera was turned back onto her. She cried, 247 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:27.480 asking repeatedly, why, why, why, just why was she attacked? 248 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.519 It was immediately clear this was a targeted assault, one 249 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:36.240 that was meant to take Nancy out of the competition. 250 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.120 Oh my gosh, hey I remember when this went down. 251 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.360 Yeah, I didn't realize that so much of it was documented. 252 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:47.440 Oh there, I don't remember that part. 253 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:52.360 Yeah, there was a camera crew following her right there, 254 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.080 and the second that camera turned away, the assault happened. 255 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.120 Oh my gosh. It would have been the last thing 256 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.679 that she would have ever expected. 257 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.759 Yeah. Yeah, I mean you're at a rink practicing, there's people, 258 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.039 this is broad daylight. 259 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:07.279 Well yeah, I mean like ice rinks too, are probably 260 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.159 sort of feel like her safe place, you know, like 261 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.919 her second home. 262 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:14.360 Yeah, huh bu probably her first home really, because she's 263 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.600 spending so much time then. 264 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.720 Actually probably yeah, whoa, Okay. 265 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.000 I can't imagine now. The aftermath of the attack unfolded 266 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.960 as captured by as I mentioned a camera that was 267 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.960 broadcast globally, with Nancy screaming in pain and being carried 268 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.440 away by her father, Daniel. 269 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.519 Oh my, oh, her dad was there too. 270 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:36.320 Her dad was there and carried her away. The injury 271 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:41.159 forced her to withdraw from the US Championships, but her 272 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.360 fellow skaters rallied behind her, unanimously agreeing that she deserved 273 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.799 a spot on the Olympic team. So she wasn't able. 274 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.440 She didn't make the qualifyings because like she was injured, 275 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:54.200 of course, but they still decided you know, she deserves 276 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.279 a spot to be on the Olympic team even though 277 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.320 she didn't make the qualifyings. 278 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:00.559 Because she would have had to go in that channelampionship 279 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.080 in place correct to go correct. 280 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:08.559 Yeah, so they were recognizing your talent determination at the USFSA, 281 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.759 which is the United States Figure Skating Association, and they 282 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.960 made it the decision to include her in the Olympic roster. 283 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.320 Anyways, how oppressive. 284 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.399 So they held a spot for her regardless of her injury, 285 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:24.720 regardless of her not placing right on. 286 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.279 That seems a little bit surprising. Yeah, so good though. 287 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:30.159 But I mean, still she's injured. There's a lot of 288 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.919 uncertainty looming over not only the question if she's going 289 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.039 to be able to make the Olympics, but if she's 290 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.159 ever even going to be able to skate again. 291 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.440 That's true. So they're being pretty optimistic. 292 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:42.600 They are. They're like, if you can make it, there's 293 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.480 a spot for you. But still can't, like, can you 294 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:50.559 even skate? Who knows? Now? Fortunately, medical assessment revealed that 295 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:57.759 her leg miraculously remained unbroken. Instead, she sustained only severe 296 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:03.519 bruising to the impacted area. So she was struck right 297 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.720 above the right knee on her thigh with a metal baton, 298 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.679 and it did not break her leg. She only was bruised. 299 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.200 And because of this like nature of her injury, Nancy 300 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:16.519 was thankfully able to make a swift recovery and she 301 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:19.200 right away plunged back into her rigorous training. 302 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:24.120 Holy shit, that almost seems like a miracle, right because 303 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:26.360 I don't that. I mean, I get I guess if 304 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.759 the hit wasn't that hard, But you think that that 305 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.600 would break something. 306 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.799 It's got a good chance of it. Yeah, slim chance. 307 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.200 You're not walking away without a severe permanent injury. 308 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.679 You have to wonder if they almost meant to hit 309 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.360 the knee, because I feel like if you did that 310 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.919 to the knee, for sure, you'd be able to. 311 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.600 Watch shattering something. If you did it right on the kneecapah, 312 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.639 you would be shattering that knee cap no problem. 313 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.840 You almost wonder if it wasn't in a way a 314 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.000 miracle and the attacker missed where they were supposed. 315 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:02.320 To maybe Guardless, So the investigation on the attack on 316 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:06.799 Nancy Kerrigan was unfolding. It drew upon a few different resources, 317 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:10.320 the initial focus centering on the gathering crucial evidence from 318 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:13.559 security footage from the cobble arena, which was the side 319 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:17.000 of the attack. Now, the footage captured the assailants hasty 320 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.799 fleeing from the scene. So I think I said that 321 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:22.559 kind of weird, hastily there we go fleeing from the scene, 322 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:27.200 which was of course a pivotal piece of evidence for investigators. Now, 323 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:31.799 this in tandem with the footage, eyewitness testimonies also were 324 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:36.039 able to kind of start describing this individual. So like, okay, 325 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.840 we've now got camera footage, we have eyewitness statements kind 326 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.000 of talking about this individual, what he looked like, who 327 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:43.440 he might have been, what he was doing, all those 328 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:47.039 sort of things. Their account provided valuable descriptions in the 329 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.840 attacker and critical insight into the nature of the incident. Additionally, 330 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:54.279 a bunch of tips and information flooded in from various sources, 331 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:58.879 shedding light on potential leads and avenues of inquiry. Among 332 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:03.360 the leads that emerged, a finger began getting pointed towards 333 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.359 a woman by the name of Tanya Harding. Now, Tanya 334 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:11.640 Harding was a figure skating prodigy hailing from Portland, Oregon. 335 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.160 Raised by her mother, she embarked on her journey in 336 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.680 the sport at the age of only three years old 337 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:20.680 when she enrolled in her first ice skating lesson. From there, 338 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:25.160 Tanya's dedication and talent propelled her through the ranks, leading 339 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.960 her to make significant sacrifices, including dropping out of high 340 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.960 school to fully commit to the passion of ice skating. 341 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.920 WHOA that seems I don't know. I don't KNOWSSI that's 342 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.519 too far. I think I get it. 343 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:43.640 I difficult to speak on that as a parent. I'm 344 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.359 not sure if I mean. I'm not a parent, so 345 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.200 I can't say. But if I were in those shoes, 346 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.440 I'm not sure if I could allow my child to 347 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.119 drop out of high school to do that. 348 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:53.839 But at the. 349 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.480 Same sense, it's like they are so promising for this, 350 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.599 I don't know. It's a very difficult situation. Education is important, though, if. 351 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.920 It's going to get them closer to achieving their dreams, 352 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.240 it is. 353 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.480 It's a tough it's a tough situation now. 354 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:12.039 Herricent, though in the US Figure Skating champions Championships, was 355 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.160 from nineteen eighty six and nineteen eighty nine, which marked 356 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:17.640 the beginning of her rise. She won the nineteen eighty 357 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.319 nine Skate American Competition and in nineteen ninety one, she 358 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:25.759 clinched the US Championship title and secured silver medal at 359 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:30.079 the World Championships. Notably, Tanya even became the first American 360 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:34.799 woman and only the second woman worldwide after Midori Ito, 361 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:41.960 to successfully execute a triple axle in competition. However, Tanya 362 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.680 was a clear direct competitor when it came to Nancy 363 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.319 care again, which now that she was a suspect, only 364 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:54.359 fueled speculation into the attack on Nancy was a targeted effort, 365 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:57.759 specifically put out to eliminate her from the competition, to 366 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:00.359 make it a clear path for her to win easier. 367 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.799 That became the prominent. 368 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.400 Question, do you even have to think that way? Is 369 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.839 kind of disgusting? 370 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.559 Oh? I know, but I mean the evidence is there, well, 371 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:15.079 not necessarily evidence per se yet to say, but that's 372 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:16.799 kind of what it's looking like. That's what people are 373 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.440 starting to whisper and talk about. 374 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.799 Yeah, well it makes sense. 375 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.200 So Tanya found herself at the center of scrutiny with 376 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.440 all this finger pointing, with suspicions mounting about her involvement, 377 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.960 and on January eighteenth of nineteen ninety four, Tanya Harding 378 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.160 found herself in a hot seat when she faced questioning 379 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:36.240 from the district Attorney in FBI, accompanied by her legal counsel. 380 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.640 The interrogation stretched over the length of ten grueling hours, 381 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.759 delling into intricate details of the case in a pivotal 382 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:50.039 moment during the marathon of the interview. As interrogation progress, 383 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:53.880 Tanya's story took a dramatic turn. At this point, of course, 384 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:56.799 she's maintaining her innocence and denying any sort of involvement. 385 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.440 The tide shifted when she confronted was con fronted by 386 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:04.319 an FBI agent who accused her of lying. In a 387 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:09.799 startling revelation captured by an FBI transcript, Tanya conceded, admitting 388 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:14.039 her knowledge that her husband or ex husband, Jeff Gillulei, 389 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.480 and his involvement in expressing the remorse for her actions. So, 390 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:23.680 to quote her quote, I hope everyone understands I'm telling 391 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.599 on someone I really care about. I know now Jeff 392 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.559 is involved. 393 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.480 I'm sorry, okay. 394 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.880 And so she just decided to drop that bomb after 395 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.559 ten hours. 396 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:37.519 Correct, So she dropped the bomb that she knows her 397 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.279 husband was involved. So now what's kind of coming out 398 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.119 of this is that she knew after the fact of 399 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:46.839 the attack, that her husband had something to do with it, 400 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.200 and it would be on January nineteenth that Jeff would 401 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:54.720