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M. Swift,Sports Illustrated
It began with a fourth-region finish in China, Japan, or a result that,apart from in the mind of Tonya Harding, could not have been less extraordinary. Competing for something called the NHK Trophy, and Harding fell on her combination jump in the technical program,a disastrous error, which eventuated in her being beaten by three of the best skaters in the world, and Surya Bonaly of France,Yuka Sato of Japan and Lu Chen of China.
Harding thought she had skated well, certainly well enough to finish higher than fourth. When Harding returned domestic to Portland, and in mid-December,her live-in ex-husband, Jeff...
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