Andrea Canning
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
For those people who weren't born or were too young, Tanya Harding was a big competitor of Nancy Kerrigan.
The attacker fled, so this was really the beginning of a mystery of who this man was.
Let's take a listen to this Dateline interview that Jane Pauley conducted with Nancy Kerrigan just days after the attack.
So Shane then leads to Tanya Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gululi.
And leads to Tanya's bodyguard, Sean Eckert.
Jeff Gululi ended up pleading guilty to planning the attack.
So both Tanya and Nancy end up going to Lillehammer, Norway, a few weeks after the incident.
As members of the U.S.
Olympics figure skating team, there was...
So much tension hanging over the competition.
Nancy's recovering from the attack.
Tanya's under a cloud of suspicion.
What happens?
What happened with Tanya?
Tanya ends up finishing eighth overall.
Nancy gets the silver medal.
Less than a month later, Tanya Harding pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of conspiracy to hinder prosecution.
She never admitted to helping, you know, plan it, but she did admit that she took part in covering it up.
You've said after the attack, figure skating went viral on national TV print outlets for the next two months.
It just really supercharged interest in the sport.