jenniferlyon
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Another one of those articles.
https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/t...he-downfall-of-u-s-womens-figure-skating.html
https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/t...he-downfall-of-u-s-womens-figure-skating.html
The Winter Olympics was once a breeding ground for female stars and crossover celebrities. Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill were hugely famous in the 1960s and 1970s, and Michelle Kwan, Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, and Lipinski were all big stars in their own right. Yet the U.S. women haven’t won an Olympic medal since 2006, when Sasha Cohen took silver. At this point, the most famous skater in the United States is Tonya Harding, and she hasn’t competed in almost a quarter-century.