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It's February 25, 1994, at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheater near Lillahammer, Norway.

24-year-old figure skater Nancy Kerrigan grins as she leaps and pirouettes on the ice.

She's pleased with herself. She hasn't made a single error so far in her four-minute routine, and it's the most important skate of Nancy's life.

This is her second and final routine in the 1994 Winter Olympics, and Nancy is one of the

favorites to win a medal. Nancy moves into the final element of her routine.

She spins as she bends down on one leg before rising up,

tucking her arms close to her body and rotating so quickly

that she transforms into a human blur.

And Nancy stops and lifts her arms into the air triumphantly.

She holds her final pose for a moment and then breaks into an even broader smile.

Nancy knows that her performance was good enough to win an Olympic medal.

The reaction of the crowd shows that they are delighted for her too.

So Nancy curtsies to each side of the arena

before skating off the ice

and into the arms of her coach.

She hears him whisper into her ear,

You are so gutsy.

But when Nancy sits down to await her scores,

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