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  1.                                  gold medal. She repeated
  2.                                  her success four years 
  3.                                  later, taking home another
  4.                                  gold. Until then, Sonja 
  5.                                  Henie was the only female
  6. figure skater ever to repeat as singles
  7. champion. 
  8.  
  9. After the 1988 Games, Katarina turned 
  10. professional. Pro skaters were not allowed
  11. to compete in the Olympics. But that rule
  12. was changed in 1993 -- just in time for
  13. skaters like Katarina to become eligible for
  14. the 1994 Winter Olympics.
  15.  
  16. Katarina finished seventh in the Olympic 
  17. competition in Lillehammer, Norway. 
  18. She dedicated her program to the 
  19. people who lived in war-torn Sarajevo. 
  20.