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Kristi Yamaguchi Visits Nagano School (February 14)
Figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi of the United Sates visited our school on February 12. I was too young to remember, but some of you may know her as the winner of the women's singles at the 1992 Albertville Games.Our school is participating in the One School, One Country program of the Nagano city government, under which each school learns about and roots for a particular country represented at the Games. Kristi made a visit to our school because the country chosen for us was the United States.
Kristi is working now as a goodwill ambassador for the Salt Lake City Games--the Winter Olympics to be held after Nagano in 2002. She said she still skates and works out in the summer on roller blades. She said that one of the memorable things about the Nagano Games was the victory by speed skater Hiroyasu Shimizu in the 500-meter race.
Her message to us before she left was to always pursue your dream. If you believe in yourself and try hard to achieve it, she said, the effort will always pay off.
(Reported by Kotaro Hikguma, Shinonoi Nishi Middle School)
Members of the glee club welcome Kristi to the school.
A commemorative snapshot with the gold medal winner.