As I recall, the profile didn't end with that quote about his being a good man. The entire skating coverage, when they were recapping, ended with that quote. In a context of competition and glory and the hope of cash rewards, this story stood out as an example of what "the best and brightest" really can mean.
I didn't know about the hospital in the Ukraine mentioned above by KKonas, but that surprises me less knowing the other story about Petrenko. And, yes, he did a lot for Oksana. He got his coach Galina S., later his mother-in-law, to sponsor her and take her in. I believe his reasoning was, "How much can one little girl cost?" Later, when she went a bit wild, I think she broke away from them rather abruptly, but I never heard him say a bad word against her.
