Babilonia and Gardner went home to try to train for the world championships, but Gardner’s injury was still too painful and the two never skated in amateur competition again.

When Tai Babilonia debuted at the Olympics in 1976, the fact that her presence in Innsbruck, Austria, was historic did not enter her 15-year-old mind.

For decades, Tai Babilonia and her partner Randy Gardner were known as ice skating royalty. Not making headlines in the years since was Tai's alcoholism. The Olympian spoke with CBS2's Pat Harvey ...

Babilonia and Gardner were the reigning world champions and five-time defending U.S. champions in pairs skating, and their event on Feb. 16, 1980, in Lake Placid was supposed to be a showdown.

Former Olympian Tai Babilonia responded to the death of David Brenner, her ex-fiancé, on Facebook.