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Tonya Harding was nearly
barred from the Olympics
for her alleged role in the
Nancy Kerrigan attack,
but her lawsuit forced the
USOC to let her compete.
Harding finished eighth.
She later pled guilty to
impeding the investiga-
• • • • • • • • • • • • ••••••••••••• tion into the attack .
Short -track speed skater Cathy Turner won a gold medal
in the 500 meter race. Her victory was marred by a
protest lodged by Zhang Yanmei, the Chinese silver
medalist, who refused to take the podium with Turner
after she alleged that Turner knocked her off balance
during the race. Judges later disqualified Turner from the
1000 meter race for cutting off another skater.

PHOTOREPORTERS AI Tielemons/OUOMO
Tommy Moe took home a gold American speed skater Bonnie Blair won her fourth and
medal in the men's downhill, fifth gold medals at the Wmter Olympics. Those medals,
and a silver medal in the men's for the 500 meter and 1000 meter races, gave her the
super-G. The Alaskan resident most total medals won by a U.S. woman Olympian.
became the first American
After seven failures, speed skater Dan Jansen finally won
male to win a medal in Alpine
an Olympic gold medal. Jansen, who holds several world
events since 1984.
records, set a new mark for the 1000 meter race in his last
try for the Olympic gold.
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