“Winning the gold opened up a lot of opportunities, other challenges that I wanted to take on and do in my life.”

—  Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi is still winning" in USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/2014/01/31/kristi-yamaguchi-is-still-winning/5065529/ (31 January 2014)

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