Word: kristy
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...queen is crowned: America's Kristi Yamaguchi...
...something I've dreamed of ever since I put on skates as a little girl." (She is still little, shoe size 3.) At age 20, Kristi Yamaguchi, of Fremont, Calif., faced the international press, blissfully fingering her gold medal. She had nothing else to say. No thoughts about what she would do next year, or what she would do tomorrow. She had just made it through the arduous course of a fairy tale: pluck vs. luck...
...Yamaguchi, Olympic glory is the culmination of a single-minded 14-year quest. She is a fourth-generation American, raised in Fremont, where her father is a dentist. Kristi was born with clubfeet, but the condition was corrected, and by six she was on the ice for keeps. For years she was a superior pairs skater as well and often competed solo with scant practice. It may be a result of giving up the dual assignment, or moving to Edmonton, Alberta, for training, or perhaps the onset of maturity, but in the past year or so she has forged...
Away from the rink Yamaguchi is reserved, but not shy. Says U.S. coach Don Laws: "Kristi has the ideal temperament for a skater. She trusts her coach, her parents and her program." She has already been bitten by the ice-show bug after a brief tour with a group sponsored by Campbell's soup. "I just got a little taste," she says, "but it was great -- the travel, the crowds, being with other skaters in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Just like a family...
Harvard's Bill Cooper and Radcliffe's Kristi Stoddard won first place in the men's and women's collegiate divisions of the the world's largest indoor rowing competition Sunday afternoon...