That Torvill and Dean. They were great on the ice, but put them on the street and they were all over the place. That Harry Hill-ism sprung to mind while watching Moments That Shook Sport on Sky One. Shergar nabbed, Seles stabbed, Senna kebabed: they were all there. However, in such a compelling show, did the frozen spat between American icedancers Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan merit inclusion?

As a human-interest story, there have been few better. A gang of heavies who wanted Harding to triumph at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer sabotaged rival Kerrigan’s chances at the Olympic trials using the most effective method: a severe beating.