What was the major story in women’s figure skating at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games?

The major story was the rivalry between American figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. About a month before the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games were to begin, Harding was implicated in an attempt to injure Kerrigan. Harding filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Olympic Committee, seeking an injunction against being barred from the Olympics. However, the legal dispute temporarily abated, and both skaters showed up in Lillehammer. The showdown never materialized, as Harding stumbled in her short program, eventually finishing eighth. Although Kerrigan skated a nearly flawless program, she was narrowly defeated by Oksana Baiul, a 16-year-old skater from Ukraine.