During the two weeks of the Winter Olympics, female figure skaters are the most famous people in the world.
From the early days of Peggy Fleming, to the Harding-Kerrigan scandal, to America's sweethearts Michelle Kwan and Tara Lapinski, skaters are the face of the Winter Olympics.
But what happens when the medal ceremonies are over?
THEN: Peggy Fleming won the only gold medal for the U.S. in 1968.
NOW: Fleming and her husband owned a winery that closed in 2011. She is still involved with the promotion of U.S. figure skating and was injured in Joe Biden's motorcade crash at the 2010 Olympics.
Source: The Examiner, AP
THEN: 19-year-old Dorothy Hamill won gold for the U.S. in 1976 while sporting her signature hair-do.
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