Tonya Harding: The Whack Heard Round the World

On this week's episode, Liz and Dakota look into the life of infamous figure skating champion: Tonya Harding.  Choosing to focus on more than just "The Incident", The Reluctant Historian dives into her early childhood, what makes a triple axel such a hard jump, and who really thinks that fourth at the Olympics is a bad finish. 

New York Times Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/movies/tonya-harding-i-tonya-nancy-kerrigan-scandal.html

Episode Notes

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tonya-hardings-mother-steak-knife-incident-happened-denies/story?id=52261073

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding

https://www.vox.com/videos/2018/2/12/16978946/triple-axel-tonya-harding-mirai-nagasu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_jump

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tonya-harding-landing-history-making-triple-axel-life/story?id=52208886

https://www.biography.com/news/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-attack-photos

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/shane-stant-who-clubbed-nancy-kerrigan-apologizes-and-says-hes-now-a-different-person/

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