Editing Tonya Harding (section)

=== Kerrigan and Harding share ice; Harding finishes eighth===
{{see also|Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles}}
[[File:Hamar Olympic Amfi 2006 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Figure skating competitions for the 1994 Winter Olympics were held in the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre, now known as the [[CC Amfi]].]]
On February 17, 1994, Harding and Kerrigan shared the ice at a practice session in the [[Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre]]. Approximately 400 members of the press were there to document the practice.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_021894.htm|first=Christine|last=Brennan|title=Harding, Kerrigan Practice Together Under Scrutiny|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 18, 1994|access-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217052520/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_021894.htm|archive-date=February 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]] thought the sport was depicted as a "tabloid event."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |page=255 |first1=Scott |first2=Lorenzo |last2=Benet |title=Landing It: My Life On and Off the Ice |year=1999 |publisher=[[Kensington Books]] |location=New York City|isbn=1-57566-466-6}}</ref> It was noted that Nancy Kerrigan chose to wear the same skating costume at the practice session that she was wearing when Stant attacked her.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/18/sports/winter-olympics-for-practice-a-two-ring-circus-in-one-rink.html |first=Jere|last=Longman|title=For Practice, a Two-Ring Circus in One Rink|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 18, 1994|access-date=August 14, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815091004/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/18/sports/winter-olympics-for-practice-a-two-ring-circus-in-one-rink.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19940218.1.15&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22a+subtle+reminder+to+tonya%22-------1|format=TIFF|title=Tension on ice – Kerrigan, Harding quietly share Olympic practice space |work=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]|volume=137|number=48|date=February 18, 1994|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055348/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19940218.1.15&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22a+subtle+reminder+to+tonya%22-------1 |archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Kerrigan later confirmed that her choice of dress that day was deliberate: "Humor is good, it's empowering."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/nancy-tonya/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707093538/https://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/nancy-tonya/ |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |url-status=live |work=NBC SportsWorld |title=Nancy & Tonya |year=2014 |type=documentary}} Nancy Kerrigan explaining her decision to wear the same white skating costume on February 17, 1994 – time code ca 0:43:16</ref> The tape-delayed broadcast of the February 23 Ladies' Olympic technical program is one of the most watched telecasts in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshowsalltime |magazine=Variety|title=Top 100 TV Shows of All Time|date=August 6, 2000|access-date=July 26, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315021343/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshowsalltime|archive-date=March 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/24/business/the-media-business-winter-olympics-ratings-on-record-pace-for-cbs.html|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|title=Winter Olympics Ratings On Record Pace for CBS|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 24, 1994|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055043/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/24/business/the-media-business-winter-olympics-ratings-on-record-pace-for-cbs.html |archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 25, Harding finished eighth in the Olympics; a bootlace broke early in her free skate routine, and amid jeers from the crowd, she was allowed to restart.<ref name="8th"/> Nancy Kerrigan, having recovered from her injury, won silver behind [[Oksana Baiul]] from [[Ukraine]].<ref name="8th"/>