Figure Skating is an expensive sport. Obviously Tonya did not have the financial backing and family support like Nancy had to become a great competitive skater. It was a strange incident in the first place, one does not expect this sort of behavior in figure skating. Tonya certainly had some skating skills, she was a powerful jumper, it's too bad she had the "bad girl" image. Nancy on the other hand certainly was the opposite and had a good wholesome image. Not sure why we need to revisit this ugly incident 20 years later.
Figure Skating is an expensive sport. Obviously Tonya did not have the financial backing and family support like Nancy had to become a great competitive skater.
Nancy's father was a welder I think. Tonya's Dad was pretty unskilled, I thought, and they had to comb the streets and highways picking up cans.
Tonya was not at all bright and led with a right hook. But she did what she sadly felt was needed. I am sure all the comments re her hair/makeup/costumes got to her. Ultimately she failed as many of us do. We make a bad decision, or we trust the wrong people. It was the former for her.
She was a victim but not re the "affair" of the Skate Whack. It needs a name. She will never admit to her complicity in the attack.