I, Tonya

[Vagabond]

CLEARLY, CHINA IS NOT IN JAPAN, which it says in the first sentence, among other errors, that make the article rather unbelievable.

NHK was in Chiba that year. I say we cut the writer some slack and flame the copy editor.

 

[Vagabond]

Surya Bonaly's SP at 1993 NHK. She fell (on her butt) on the triple lutz, which was to be the first jump in her combination. Interestingly, this is not the program she used at the Olympics. That program was immeasurably better.

Surya Bonaly's FS at 1993 NHK. For the record, she did not fall either on her butt or otherwise. Other than one tight landing, it was a very good outing by Bonaly standards.

Chen Lu's SP at 1993 NHK. She fell (on her butt) on the triple lutz, which was to be the first jump in her combination. Great edges and stroking. The rest ... not so much.

So, yeah.... The eventual gold and bronze medalists fell on their combinations in the SP, just as Harding apparently did. If she fed herself the narrative that she didn't actually fall in the SP until she had internalized it as the truth, I can see why she might believe that she should have won. If she had skated a clean SP, she would have been in the top three, and if she had also skated to her level from 1991 in the FS, she would have finished first in that segment, thereby winning the competition.

Of course, what actually happened did not go according to that scenario.

Facts are horrid things.

 

[VGThuy]

Here's Tonya's support system reacting to Tonya's 7th place showing at NHK (ues I know she placed 4th overall):

https://youtu.be/J-eMME0fe8Q?t=193

and

here's the TV Movie's take on Jeff's and Tonya's reaction to NHK with some commentary by generic "reporter" character who is clearly based on Christine Brennan with bonus scene of Nancy's infamous "I want to die" KnC line from 1993 Worlds:

https://youtu.be/ZCvO1ooJslM?t=2476

 

[bardtoob]

ETA: @bardtoob Who finished fifth in the SP? Koiwai or Preston?

The Magic 8-Ball says "unclear" ... Like everything about this competition. What I put matches Wikipedia.

Surya Bonaly's FS at 1993 NHK. For the record, she did not fall either on her butt or otherwise. Other than one tight landing, it was a very good outing by Bonaly standards.

I actually think this is one of Surya's best skates

 

[bardtoob]

So, yeah.... The eventual gold and bronze medalists fell on their combinations in the SP, just as Harding apparently did.