1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships had 2 spots. The January 6, 1994, attack on 1993 champion and Ladies gold frontrunner Nancy Kerrigan preceded the event. The widely publicized attack took place during a practice session for the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. Tonya Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt, hired Shane Stant to strike Kerrigan on the knee, though Stant actually struck Kerrigan's thigh a few inches above the knee. Harding won the event, while Kerrigan's injury forced her withdrawal. After Harding admitted to helping to cover up the attack, the USFSA and United States Olympic Committee initiated proceedings to
Nancy Kerrigan 1994, Kerrigan hosted "Saturday Night Live", season 19 episode 15, featuring musical guest Aretha Franklin. In 1995, Kerrigan had a guest appearance on "Boy Meets World" in the episode "Wrong Side of the Track". In 2004, Kerrigan sang a cover of "The Best" for a Tina Turner tribute album. Kerrigan appeared in the Fox television program "Skating with Celebrities" (2006) and played a small part in the ice-skating comedy feature film "Blades of Glory" (2007) with Will Ferrell. She hosted "Nancy Kerrigan's World of Skating" on the Comcast Network starting in 2005, and has done commentary work for other skating