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From a US perspective: In the late 80s and early 90s, figure skating was very popular because Americans medaled a lot. Not only that, for athletes they had strong/charismatic personalities. I have no idea if this is true now...every time I've seen figure skating in recent years it seems pretty dry.
One thing that I think the movie could have touched on was more of the aftermath of the scandal. Tonya for better or worse brought a ton of additional attention to the sport. Figure skaters had a higher profile and there were a bunch of TV specials throughout the '90s. However, Tonya missed out on all that $$$$.
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