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Episode 242 - Tonya Harding: Cold as Ice

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What would you do if you put in all the hard work, pushing yourself to the pinnacle of your sport, and you still didn’t get the recognition you deserved?

Would you give up?

Would you take matters into your own hands and get a bitch kneecapped as she walked back to her changing room?

Or would your ex-husband do it and throw you under the bus?

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7023l3QBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZs1o_e6hI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08yrl5s/storyville-price-of-gold

https://believermag.com/remote-control/

https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/a-fact-checked-guide-whats-true-and-whats-not-in-i-tonya.html

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0:00.0

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0:14.9

I'm Sruti. I'm Hannah. And welcome to Redhanded. Sport edition.

0:21.1

The swimsuit edition. Redhanded sports.

0:24.4

Yeah, an interesting old pivot. But you know what, I've wanted to do it for ages.

0:29.1

I know you have. And it's our show. I can do what I want.

0:31.8

You absolutely can. Now I also thoroughly wanted to do this show after I watched a fantastic film based on it, which we'll come back to later.

0:40.7

So before we get on with today's show, I just want to tell you a little bit about what's been going on this month over on Redhanded's Patreon.

0:48.5

We've been churning out so much content like it is some sort of delicious buttery product that you can spread all over your toast and all over your eyes and your ears and your face and wherever else you want to put it.

0:58.8

There's been so much going on. If you want to hear us talking about people like Jesse Smilett and what's been going on with him and his empire shenanigans or the update on Sherry Papini that literally made me scream.

1:11.5

Or if you want to hear our take on the cannibal himself, Joe Methani, Mr Sloppy Drow, then yeah, head on over to patreon.com slash redhanded right now.

1:22.4

Sign up to become a member. Anna, feast yourself on that buttery goodness.

1:27.4

So the world of figure skating was not and is not fair. Unlike most sports, it's not just about being the best.

1:35.3

Do you know why it's called figure skating?

1:37.1

No, because when the skaters are skating, they make marks on the ice, right?

1:44.9

And one of the ways they are judged is whether they can get it in the same line.

1:49.5

So the judges will sometimes get up and look on the ice and look for the figures like a figure of eight, for example, and how many times they've done it or whether they've got it in the same line every time.

1:58.5

Interesting. Yeah, I know. Look red handed sports, sports edition.

2:05.9

So yeah, it's not like other sports. You can't just be the best and that's enough.

2:10.8

For example, if you're the fastest person to run 100 meters, then you're the winner.

2:14.9

If your team scores the most points in a game of rugby, you guessed it.

2:18.2

You've won. But if you jump the highest, land the best tricks and put in the best performance at a figure skating competition, you could come first, second, or even dead last, because figure skating is subjective.

2:31.3

It's an art, not a science. So what would you do if you put in all the hard work, pushing yourself to the pinnacle of your sport?

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