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  1.                                   (Oksana and Viktor now 
  2.                                   do most of their training
  3.                                   at a rink in Simsbury,
  4.                                   Connecticut.) After training
  5.                                   with her new coach for six
  6. months, Oksana became the world champion.
  7. She was just 15 years old!
  8.  
  9. Oksana was still inexperienced in 
  10. international competition when she arrived
  11. in Lillehammer, Norway, for the 1994 Olympic
  12. Games. Because of her inexperience, 
  13. Oksana was not a sure bet to win the gold
  14. medal. During practice -- one day before 
  15. she was to compete -- Oksana crashed
  16. into another skater and hurt her leg and
  17. back. She was in pain, but she was 
  18. determined to perform. Oksana thrilled
  19.