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Jenaj, couldn't resist the opportunity to do more stats.
* The last time that a U.S. champion finished worse than Rachael was actually in 1994, when Tonya Harding finished 8th (but Nancy finished with the silver, as we all know.) But since Tonya technical does not have the U.S. title anymore, the last time there was a worse showing was in 1948 when Gretchen Merill also finished 8th.
* Since 1920 when women's figure skating was in the Olympics in some form — only five U.S. figures skating ladies champions did not make the podium. (Teresa Weld Blanchard, 1924, 4th; Maribel Vinson, 1928, 4th; Gretchen Merrill, 1948, 8th; Tonya Harding, 1994 8th*; and Rachael Flatt, 2010, 7th) -- as mentioned Harding shouldn't really count because of the circumstances, but I'm just just going to put it out there.
That was quite educational....
ETA: janetfan beat me to it!
I thought about Tonya - but Nancy would have won if she hadn't been whacked over the knee. Tonya was stripped of her title but then took it to court which allowed her to skate in Lillehamer.
Too bad because the world was then deprived of seeing Princess Michelle (who had not yet become the Kween ) skate in the '94 Olympics at the tender age of 13.
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