Quote Originally Posted by thunderclap View Post
My question is how did a pair of ice skates ever make it to that trailer park?
Her coach found her. Basically pulled her out of a terrible home environment and put her on the ice.

Didn't see the 30 for 30, but did randomly come across an article about her. The gist of the article was that even if Harding had been the better skater, she was never going to be as popular as Kerrigan because Kerrigan was pretty and 'looked rich' while Hardin was not pretty and looked like frizzy haired trailer trash, and that wouldn't have changed even if Hardin had won gold. Apparently Kerigan was already cashing in with endorsements before she really made it at the olympics while Hardin basically made nothing, and even had to make her own costumes. Hardin thought that if she could beat Kerigan and win a medal at the Olympics, she might start getting a piece of the pie. The article included a bunch of quasi-political nonsense, but it was interesting.