| Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko performing Swing the Mood at The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer, Norway. Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: Оксана Баюл) is a Ukrainian professional figure skater. She is the 1994 Olympic Champion. Baiul won the 1993 World Figure Skating Championship in her first senior competitive season at the age of 15. She then won the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, defeating Nancy Kerrigan of the United States. Baiul had nearly missed competing in the free skate altogether, having been injured after a collision with Tanja Szewczenko of Germany during a warm-up session following the ladies' short program. She received two Olympic-approved pain-killing injections of anesthetics in her lower back and shoulder which enabled her to perform and complete her free skate. Viktor Vasilovich Petrenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Петренко) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team. Petrenko currently lives in the United States and works as an ISU Technical Specialist, tours professionally, and coaches figure skating. |
