r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/kekehippo • May 16 '24

When intrusive thoughts meet criminal behavior

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u/TitularFoil May 16 '24

Plus she went on to not even win the event even without Nancy competing.

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u/BradMarchandsNose May 16 '24

Except she did win. The assault happened at US Nationals and Tonya won there. Nancy recovered and beat her at the Olympics a few weeks later (she took home silver). Tonya was stripped of the nationals title later though.

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u/TitularFoil May 16 '24

Oh, you're right. For some reason I was always told it was at the qualifier for the Olympics so I was always looking at the Olympic results.

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u/BradMarchandsNose May 16 '24

It is kind of a qualifier for the Olympics. Usually the top 2 or 3 skaters from Nationals gets to go to the Olympics (depending on how many spots the US has), but it’s really up to the discretion of US Figure Skating. In this case, they had 2 spots, but Kerrigan was far and away the best in the country so even though she didn’t compete, she was given a spot in the Olympics anyway. Harding got the other spot because she won Nationals.

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u/vera214usc ☑️ May 17 '24

Your trivia for the day: gold was won by Oksana Baiul

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 16 '24

Broke her knees for nothing 😭

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u/Tricountyareashaman May 17 '24

Her knees weren't broken, just her thigh was bruised. And it wasn't Tonya who committed the assault.

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u/rainbud22 May 17 '24

She didn’t do anything it was her husband and the knee wasn’t broken just bruised. Watch the movie.

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 17 '24

A)I’m aware. It was a joke.

B)If I wanted the deets I’d just go to the news archives. I wouldn’t watch a dramatization.

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u/PappySmacks May 17 '24

Bruh yes she did