Nancy Kerrigan she was walking through a corridor at Cobo Arena immediately after a practice session, Kerrigan was bludgeoned on the right lower thigh with a police baton by an assailant who was later apprehended and identified as Shane Stant. The assault was planned by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt (1967–2007). The conspirators' goal was preventing Kerrigan from competing in both the National Championships and the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics. The immediate aftermath of the attack was recorded on a TV camera and broadcast around the world. The initial footage shows the attendants helping Kerrigan as she grabbed
Nancy Kerrigan broadcasts. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kerrigan served as a "special correspondent" for "Entertainment Tonight". She has written an instructional book on advanced figure-skating technique, "Artistry on Ice" (). In 2014, ESPN aired "The Price of Gold", a "30 for 30" documentary about the 1994 attack. On February 23, 2014, NBC aired a documentary during the 2014 Winter Olympics on the incident called "Nancy & Tonya". On March 1, 2017, Kerrigan was named as one of the contestants who would compete on season 24 of "Dancing with the Stars". She was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Despite receiving higher