All-too-human Olympians
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Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding
(Associated Press)Last week, relay race gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew was stripped of his gold medal after he admitted to doping. In October, track star Marion Jones relinquished her medals from the 2000 Sydney Games after confessing to steroid use. But drug abuse isn't the only thing plaguing past and present Olympians. A look at the headlines...
Tonya attacks Nancy
Tonya Harding, right, was banned from figure skating competitively after she and ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired men to attack Nancy Kerrigan, left, at a practice session in 1994. Kerrigan was clubbed in the knee, preventing her from taking part in the Olympic trials. The United States Olympic Committee gave her a spot on the team all the same and the same year Kerrigan went on to win the silver medal in the Lillehammer Olympics.
Tonya attacks Nancy
Tonya Harding, right, was banned from figure skating competitively after she and ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired men to attack Nancy Kerrigan, left, at a practice session in 1994. Kerrigan was clubbed in the knee, preventing her from taking part in the Olympic trials. The United States Olympic Committee gave her a spot on the team all the same and the same year Kerrigan went on to win the silver medal in the Lillehammer Olympics.
