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Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi is the
dominant professional female skater
these days and tends to win
virtually all competitions that she
enters. Very, very talented, and
IMHO not as popular as she should be
amongst her countrymen...>>>
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Kristi's skating idol was Dorothy
Hamill, and Kristi was the first
American woman to win gold at the
Olympics since Dorothy, ending a
drought of 16 years.
During her rise through the ranks,
Kristi competed in both the women's
singles and pairs (with Rudy
Galindo) disciplines. She was both
determined and successful until 1989
when her singles coach, Christy
Ness, moved to Edmonton. Kristi
began bouncing between Edmonton and
California in her quest to continue
training in both disciplines, until
the travel and pressure from the
USFSA to just pick one all
became too much. When her pairs
coach, Jim Hulick, died late that
year, the choice was almost easy.
Kristi has had no second thoughts
about going pro. Although she is
still young, she has accomplished
all that she wants or needs to as an
amateur singles skater and was never
tempted by reinstatement. She could
be persuaded to return to amateur
competition, but only as part of a
pairs team. Surprisingly enough, no
one has taken her up on that offer.
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