Olympics: Finished Before They Began

It was the most moving moment of the Games. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner glided out to warm up for the pairs figure skating —and what they knew would happen did. In the second of his five spills (sequence at left), Randy lurches out of control, falls and spins, while Tai briefly maintains her elegant poise.

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