Editing Brian Boitano (section)

===Professional career and return to amateur standing===
Following the Olympics, Boitano went on to dominate competitions in the professional ranks, winning ten straight professional competitions, including five consecutive World Professional Championship titles and four consecutive wins at the Challenge of Champions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Boitano |url=https://www.teamusa.org/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Fame-Members/Brian-Boitano |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=teamusa.org}}</ref> Boitano also appeared in ''[[Carmen on Ice]]'', for which he won an [[Emmy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Brian Boitano |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/brian-boitano |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref> He performed with Champions on Ice for many years.<ref name="hines-43">Hines (2011), p. 43</ref> He wanted to return to amateur competition and make another run at the Olympics.

In June 1993, the [[International Skating Union]] (ISU) introduced a clause, commonly known as the "Boitano rule," which allowed professionals to reinstate as "amateur" or "eligible" skaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Randy Harvey |date=1993-03-30 |title=Boitano Plans to Skate in '94 Olympics : Winter Games: The 1988 gold medalist, who had turned pro, will apply to regain his eligibility for the competition at Lillehammer, Norway. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-30-sp-16946-story.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Many others joined Boitano, including Ukrainian [[Viktor Petrenko]], 1988 bronze medalist and 1992 gold medalist. The ISU decision was the result of Boitano's active involvement during the early 1990s, when the International Olympic Committee lifted the remaining limits on athletes' remuneration. Previously, the committee had been accused of rejecting Western professionals, while allowing Eastern Bloc state-sponsored "amateurs" to compete.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43609911 |jstor=43609911 |last1=Riordan |first1=Jim |title=Rewriting Soviet Sports History |journal=Journal of Sport History |year=1993 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=247–258}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Knisley |first=Michael |title=1998 Ad |magazine=Sporting News |date=March 7, 1994 |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n10_v217/ai_15194066/pg_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015153657/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n10_v217/ai_15194066/pg_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2006}}</ref> Boitano reinstated as an amateur to compete in the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]].<ref name=":2" />

Boitano competed at the 1994 [[United States Figure Skating Championships]], led after the short program, but lost to [[Scott Davis (figure skater)|Scott Davis]] in the long program in a 6–3 split decision. Boitano was named to the Olympic team. Going into the Olympics as a medal favorite in a strong field, Boitano missed his triple Axel combination during the short program for the first time in his career. This mistake proved extremely costly, and knocked Boitano out of medal contention.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longman |first=Jere |title=WINTER OLYMPICS; Escapades on Ice: Favorites Go Slip-Sliding Away |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 18, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/18/sports/winter-olympics-escapades-on-ice-favorites-go-slip-sliding-away.html |access-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> He skated a good long program and finished 6th.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vevsey |first=George |title=Winter Olympics: Sports of the Times; Comforting to Know Standards Still Exist |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 21, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/21/sports/winter-olympics-sports-of-the-times-comforting-to-know-standards-still-exist.html |access-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref>

Boitano returned to the professional ranks afterward. In 1996 he was inducted into the [[World Figure Skating Hall of Fame]] and the [[United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame]].<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/brian-boitano-1.html Brian Boitano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106090050/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/brian-boitano-1.html |date=January 6, 2009 }}. sports-reference.com</ref><ref name="hines-43"/>