TITLE

Fighting the ghosts within

AUTHOR(S)

Rosellini, Lynn

PUB. DATE

February 1994

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;2/14/94, Vol. 116 Issue 6, p51

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that as figure skater Nancy Kerrigan enters her pre-Olympics training stretch after being clubbed on the knee, her mission, in part, is fighting fear. How her handlers believe that keeping her in a cocoon will help her cope; Comments by her agent, Jerry Solomon, and her coaches, Mary and Evy Scotvold; Kerrigan's considerable inner resources; Use of sports psychologist Cindy Adams; More.

ACCESSION #

9402097766

 

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