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Which competitions did Michelle Kwan compete in early on
In 1994, Kwan finished second to Tonya Harding at the U.S. Championships, which ordinarily would have placed her on the U.S. team to the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Question: Why didn't this place her?
Self-contained rewrite: Why didn't finishing second at the U.S. Championships place Michelle Kwan on the U.S. team to the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway?