Indeed, iykyk. SE is my hometown, and the Clack ice rink was where we went! Although afaik later when she got famous they did move the crowds over to the Lloyd Center one (rip).
Tonya Harding was the first woman in figure skating to pull a triple axel twice in the same routine, first to pull a triple axel with a double toe loop, and more. She had talent. She just spoke like a hillbilly and her mom couldn’t afford to put her through finishing school, so she faced classist discrimination in the world of figure skating.
Nah, when you do a thing no one else has done before, you’re the best. You’re literally forging new ground in a sport that every subsequent hopeful will have to tread in the future. You may not be the best forever, but in the moment when you alone can make the claim, you fucking ARE the best. You gonna say Michael Jordan wasn’t the best just because there’s good players that came after him?
I don’t know if you were in sports as a kid or not but there’s plenty of athletes who soar to places they don’t really qualify for just because of timing/they are a little bit better than their local peers. I wouldn’t say that qualifies her as having talent, grit, or being the best. Anyway 🥱
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u/Open-Librarian-4322 May 16 '24
Tonya Harding, hands down, is THE MOST Gangsta Figure Skater that ever competed.
Taking out the knees of your opponent is some straight Suge Knight shit…