Tonya Harding
publication date: Friday, July 10, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: Sports
clue: She cut a hard figure while skating in the Olympics, but not as hard as the weapon that clubbed her opponent's leg.
explanation: Harding was a figure skater who became a focus of controversy at the 1994 Olympics when her American teammate Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted and the culprit turned out to have been hired by Harding's husband. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, and Stan Iwanchuk