Harding was one of the most vilified athletes in American sports history.
She rose to prominence at 21 years old, winning the U.S.
Figure Skating Championships and nabbing second in the World Championships.
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She was pegged as a favorite for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
A month before the Games, fellow American skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at the U.S. Hardings ex-husband and one of her bodyguards hired someone to break Kerrigans legs ahead of the competition.
The resulting attack caused a bruised leg and forced Kerrigan to withdraw from the competition, which Harding won.
Hardingpleaded guilty in March 1994to conspiring to hinder prosecution in the attack and was ultimately banned from the U.S.
Figure Skating Association for life.
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