Figure Skater Kristi Yamaguchi Looks Back At Her Olympic Gold Medal Moment | TODAY
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6 жыл бұрынAs part of the Olympic edition of our series “Where Are They Now?”, Natalie Morales spotlights figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, who won gold in 1992, and her decision not to participate in the 1994 Winter Games. “The pressure would just be immense,” Yamaguchi says.
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Figure Skater Kristi Yamaguchi Looks Back At Her Olympic Gold Medal Moment | TODAY
@Proudnerd2013 6 жыл бұрын
She's who I think of when I think of figure skating. She seems so down to earth, so lovely
@Boooommerang 2 жыл бұрын
And Yuna Kim
@shihlin1 6 жыл бұрын
Dang! Yamaguchi really hasn't changed that much since 1992! It's her wonderful demeanor that radiates her.
@caileybrazee1433 6 жыл бұрын
She looks so great. She hasn’t aged a bit. She deserves so much happiness
@ifeelpretty5790 6 жыл бұрын
Kristi has to be one of the classiest people on the planet 😊 she's just amazing.
@JessicaSue 6 жыл бұрын
She's such a doll. You can tell she's got a light and positive soul.
@Ronizetti 6 жыл бұрын
Kristi was always a lady - polite, gracious and friendly to all ... a very consistent skater and most deserving of her Olympic Gold! Class all the way, and a wonderful mother who was the antithesis of a "skating mom" - Looking good, girl!
@Jude74 2 жыл бұрын
The best. She could’ve been a medalist in pair skating at the World level too. She is simply remarkable. Love you kristie and proud you’re an American.
@ayanoueda5139 6 жыл бұрын
Yesss! Such an icon for all young women and Asian-Americans ❤️❤️ Love her
@alexacutiie 6 жыл бұрын
I remember choosing Kristi as my star idol in 2nd grade and I had to dress up as her and create a huge presentation on why I loved and respected her. Ahhh! Love her so much.
@bophreyhumgart2953 5 жыл бұрын
She has aged extremely well. And I remember her as being one of the few DWTS contestants who kept her cool and never got upset or caused any controversy. And, of course, she is still one of the best to have competed on the show.
@2Bdiscovered 6 жыл бұрын
SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS.
@wingsmith9003 4 жыл бұрын
She looks attractive rather than beautiful, in my opinion, and yes, she is classy all the way.
@sahpire75 6 жыл бұрын
Kristy is such a beautiful person inside/out. Love her!!
@dandrespruill1165 6 жыл бұрын
I have to consider Kristi Yamaguchi a legend in figure skating.
@hunterchampion5433 2 жыл бұрын
When I came to America, I was fixated on Kristi. I swore she was the best before finding out that she really was the best. As an immigrant you naturally flow towards your people without knowing. I'm so happy she's doing so well and has a beautiful interracial family.
@cybersquire 4 жыл бұрын
An amazing and accomplished woman. Always conducts herself with grace and dignity. It seems a side effect of winnings Gold Medal is you stop aging.
@ghostwolfcosmetics385 3 жыл бұрын
Kristi you were my idol when I was a kid. I’m 28 and I just bought my first pair of skates I’m so excited
@lilypoon1175 6 жыл бұрын
Kristi looks good.
@chrisdarcy8438 6 жыл бұрын
Asians almost always look younger then they are. I once knew a Japanese women who was 68 but looked like mid-forties.
@aakar88 3 жыл бұрын
Kristi Yamaguchi in full flight was one of the most awesome visuals in sports, ever.
@god563616 2 жыл бұрын
I NEVER forget IN kindergarten I wrote in my memory book I wanted to be Kristi yamouguchi when I grow up
@RunningKimono 6 жыл бұрын
LOVED this interview!!!
@TheNewsWave 6 жыл бұрын
She looks the same. How is this possible? 😮
@sahpire75 6 жыл бұрын
ALEXANDERthenotsoGREAT beautiful Asian genes and athlete:)
@Alabanzas159 6 жыл бұрын
ALEXANDERthenotsoGREAT Eating good. No smoking or drinking lol
@chrisdarcy8438 6 жыл бұрын
Asians almost always look younger then they are. I once knew a Japanese women who was 68 but looked like mid-forties
@PHlophe 6 жыл бұрын
Azn don't raisin, pal.
@mel...s 6 жыл бұрын
Melanin
@ivykaneshiro7554 2 жыл бұрын
When Kristi won…..no company promoted her….that was sad….no recognition was there for her..sad…I’m glad that she is doing well in life. Good luck to your daughters…kristi is soo so polite and respectful to everyone ….
@MrJm323 Жыл бұрын
I wonder why that was the case (regarding no company approaching her)?
@djk0072009 6 жыл бұрын
down to earth people are the best people on earth!
@markscofkoe4820 6 жыл бұрын
What an elegant ex-champion. We're lucky to have her represent us.
@gardnerjp1 6 жыл бұрын
Great story. Reminds me of the days when Olympians were heros.
@ZhangtheGreat 4 жыл бұрын
There are very few people on this planet who are impossible to hate (at least from a public standpoint). Kristi is one of them. If anyone said they hated her, I'd question that person's sanity.
@kylieeats1639 6 жыл бұрын
LOVE HER!
@simpletraveler2354 4 жыл бұрын
Kristi is a good role model to young girls.
@RachelDavisMatthews 6 жыл бұрын
Always A Class Act!!
@BeaMode1990 3 жыл бұрын
Kristi was my favorite figure skater growing up. 😍
@gingerlentz4254 4 ай бұрын
Still georgous just like 1992. I loved watching her. She was good
@jessicakennon 6 жыл бұрын
Lol. The only thing that's changed with her is she doesn't have those late 80's-early 90's bangs. Haha. She's so amazing and beautiful.
@alldayeveryday20able 4 жыл бұрын
Had Kristi not gone professional after 1992, that would have been her knee whacked, but she would have won a 2nd gold
@tomv5988 6 жыл бұрын
I forgot she went professional so quickly, all I can say is good for her. She did not have to deal with Harding and the whole knee whacking thing.
@paulready8897 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing lady, even more beautiful than I remember. Very classy and elegant lady.
@allier1867 3 жыл бұрын
she's gorgeous~~ looks like she never aged
@mellamokori 6 жыл бұрын
She’s so beautiful in every way 😍
@miagomora9019 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing woman ❤️❤️❤️
@sloams 2 жыл бұрын
Love Kristi!!! Always one of my all time favorite skaters!!! :-))
@franss7554 2 жыл бұрын
She’s so down to earth, graceful, and really beautiful!!!😍
@paul-zx5du 3 жыл бұрын
She is gorgeous!
@craig265 4 жыл бұрын
I can't count how many times I've just wanted to bring her roses just to say hello and introduce myself
@Lily-di6hm 3 жыл бұрын
Her daughter skates at my rink and she’s there all the time and u won’t believe the amount of times I’ve wanted to go up and say hi but I’m just wayyyy to shy
@chrismonahan9988 Жыл бұрын
Met Kristi at a Japanese Bazaar here in the Bay Area, CA. Her father is my Dentist. Such great people!
@dailytimes6787 6 жыл бұрын
She's so beautiful
@karishmasingh4517 7 ай бұрын
Amazing role model
@karenfayeebora7429 6 жыл бұрын
Wow legends are all the same when they succeed they are contented and Just enjoy their future skating career now i know why Yuna Kim also retire for Competetive skating and just focus on doing it
@brendamashburn5101 6 жыл бұрын
She’s still beautiful!
@VeganSoulMama 6 жыл бұрын
Love Christy! Class act
@NL-tr7ix 4 жыл бұрын
Can't even imagine she's already 47 here…
@onetwocue 3 жыл бұрын
It's hard to think that Kwan came into the scene twenty years ago also
@gabrielcastaneda9700 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine her as your coach. She could do amazing things
@PeterTX 4 жыл бұрын
So classy how she handled the Harding comments, and a shame that her career has to take 2nd stage to that debacle. Glad she's had a fantastic life after the 1992 Olympics, looking forward to her future career as a supportive skating mom!
@firefalcoln 6 ай бұрын
She stayed at the hotel where I work and apparently the one front desk worker was a big fan of her and figure skating, but missed her because Kristi visited on my co-worker’s days off. 😂 The rest of the hotel never would have known that an Olympic gold medalist had visited the hotel if not for the one fan at the front desk seeing her name on the arrival list before completely missing her. 😆
@Backup218 6 жыл бұрын
Lovely girl
@shihlin1 4 жыл бұрын
Can we please have Kristi or Michelle in the Olympic commentator‘s booth instead of the increasingly annoying Tara !! Oh, trollers are gonna say "Michelle didn't win Gold". Then at least get Yamaguchi in there instead of Tara !!
@TT-ee4qp 2 жыл бұрын
Michelle kwan didn't win the 1998 Olympics because she was robbed and Tara was overrated. Tara's performance just like a Disney cartoon, WTF. And Michelle got into the World Figure skating Hall of Fame which means she is more than a Olympics gold.
@cathyhall7457 2 жыл бұрын
My daughter met Kristi Y... When she was just 5... she still has the picture they took together.. She is 26 now....
@samslick9000 2 жыл бұрын
Kristi is so cute
@silverbells4732 2 жыл бұрын
she had nvr exuded jealousy on any other skaters....she was such a healthy skater with positive and no back-biting skater...without any vengeful agenda.....
@shihlin1 4 жыл бұрын
Notice in her diplomatic way she laughs off the Tonya movie "...Take it with a grain of salt...there‘s artistic license...." She prob doesn't agree with the sympathetic portrayal of Tonya. Kristi looks great (obviously had some nip tuck work done). But much more articulate in interviews since her skating days !
@likhadolly 6 жыл бұрын
They should interview Dorothy Hamill as well :)
@Graphiccore 4 жыл бұрын
360, Kristi Yamaguchi~
@KeshaJohnsonGaming 3 жыл бұрын
I love her had to look her up🥰 my name sounds just like hers lol
@user-jp4tl9zd8n 2 ай бұрын
The incident as a child 🚸 coming out of the Roseville Ice Arena when I got shoved down and hurt my left hand, both hips and knee severely. By the darn bullies from the jr highschool.
@hadiyazid 5 жыл бұрын
She was so gracious when responding to I, Tonya.
@Inessence4 5 жыл бұрын
She pretty much panned it as all make-believe.
@lelekv4042 4 жыл бұрын
Always dream! Ill work there someday
@Phuong_Nguyen_ Ай бұрын
Kristi yamaguchi and Michelle kwan stayed on your tv during the 90s
@dalisayreyes8893 2 жыл бұрын
The best USA skater my fav
@pegcanniff4615 4 жыл бұрын
In fifth grade we did a living museum and I just up as Hurt because I am a juvenile figure skater
@shandagibbs2192 5 жыл бұрын
Once she and Michelle Kwan stopped skating I stopped watching.
@MzCrayKray 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. lol
@Lowdermoomoo 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah The only people I like now are Ashley Cain and Timothy de luc in pairs skating, she had a bad fall and blacked out, finished her performance and came back a month later and won silver with the same performance. Everyone else is kinda lackluster.
@angelaanaconda55 6 жыл бұрын
She aged really well, compared to Tonya.
@NayrTydus 6 жыл бұрын
that normal in asian gene.
@shihlin1 4 жыл бұрын
Tonya also admittedly smokes a pack a day, which doesn't help.
@onetwocue 3 жыл бұрын
3:52 is that Ryan from Ryan's world?
@camillemckenzie3235 3 ай бұрын
I wish she'd stuck around for the Lillehammer games, but I understand not wanting to put herself through that pressure
@TripleTreuViet 2 жыл бұрын
The life everyone dream of
@psfca 3 жыл бұрын
Kristi should have competed in Lillehammer
@AT-jm4dl 2 жыл бұрын
Well, the Tonya's goons might have whacked her knee in 94 instead of Nancy's.
@user-jp4tl9zd8n 2 ай бұрын
This is how I knew I was in the movie 🍿🎥 I Tonya Harding. The incident happened in 1970, wear I walking out of the areas and shoved down. My sister saw a part I was hurt and put in how I was bashed with club and shoved down hard.
@cynthiacorcoran9389 4 жыл бұрын
Im the only olympic team member qualified as payed dues throughout the years. I'm the only all-round athlete of my peers.
@berylstephens5042 4 жыл бұрын
Vanessa James morgan cipres
@mel...s 6 жыл бұрын
The skating iTonya seemed like CGI
@vegandolls 3 жыл бұрын
obviously a vampire. that was THIRTY years ago. again, obviously a vampire
@LDVTennis 6 жыл бұрын
Is that a flutz?
@CocogoatMain0501 4 жыл бұрын
she looks 30
@minarose3193 6 жыл бұрын
This girl is so snooty I remember working at a salon as an assistant and I looked up at her for a second and she gave me the dirtiest look as if I was below her. Lol I was very surprised
@mayday6501 6 жыл бұрын
Minarose SF lie lie lie
@evarose9323 6 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me in the early 90’s at Glueck’s bar, mnpls. I was a fan until she gave me a snooty look too. She was with all the Olympic hockey skaters. Very disappointing to see someone you thought was so great not be so nice.
@minarose3193 6 жыл бұрын
teresa corona yes I remember being shocked. I thought to myself wtf? Why even bother giving me a dirty look? I was young and clearly I was sweeping and only an assistant, need she make me feel even lower? Lol She must really hate average people or maybe she has jealousy issues
@minarose3193 6 жыл бұрын
teresa corona they are praising her saying she's so down to earth lol More like wanna b high society white girl
@Kekoa552 4 жыл бұрын
Tonya should've won the Olympic championship
@williamtakeda115 3 жыл бұрын
She criticized “triple axel” of Midori Ito and Mao Asada. She couldn't do it. Why did she criticize them? I don't like Kristi’s style
@vanlynguyen8068 3 жыл бұрын
???? Kristi expressed her love for Mao multiple times through social media tho. I don't know what you're talking about
@user-bq5to8uz1m 4 жыл бұрын
she look like rich bryan
@JoshuaFazeli 4 жыл бұрын
Doubles partner? That’s why pairs siting is still in the dumpster.
@46foryounger 6 жыл бұрын
She’s an amazing athlete but honestly her skating bored the sh@t out of me. Nonetheless anyone that can accomplish what she did is amazing af and I respect her class and endearing personality.
@JoshuaFazeli 6 жыл бұрын
But wait, you fell in your LP in Albertville. That would not have won in ANY other Olympics. Love you, but not a fan of this interview.
@JoshuaFazeli 6 жыл бұрын
If you are going to mentor Karen Chen, please fix her bs boot issues!
@SadhuBiochemist Жыл бұрын
Will you puleez tell Nathan Chen NOT to go to med school. It will ruin him; I don't care what his dragon mom says! 😅
@SadhuBiochemist Жыл бұрын
Dragon moms are just Asian Jewish mothers. 😂
@covertwasp5238 6 жыл бұрын
Yamaguchi Nagasaki Yamaha. Su..zuki! Hyundai Honda Datsun, Sansui. Mitsu...bishi !!! Kawasaki? Hitachi, Samsung Daihatsu Toyota Hiroshima. NO!! Nissan Isuzu Fukashima? Mazda, Daiwoo, KIA!!!
@TheDriftingsmoke 5 жыл бұрын
lmaoo
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