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Kristi Yamaquchi - Famous Skater
Full Name: Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi
Date of Birth: 12 th July, 1971
Country: The United States of America
Sport involved in: Figure Skating
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Career: Kristi Yamaguchi started skating at an early age. She teamed up with Rudy Galindo and won the junior pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1986. In the 1988 World Junior pair Championships, she won both the singles and pairs titles. Yamaguchi and Galindo won the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1989 and 1990. Yamaguchi participated in the 1992 Albertville Winter Summer Games . There she won the only Olympic title of her career in the women's singles figure skating competition. After the 1992 Olympics, Yamaguchi turned professional.
Achievements made:
- Winner of the junior pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1986
- Winner of the 1988 World Junior Pair Championships
- Winner of the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1989 and 1990
- Winner of the World Championships ladies' singles titles in 1991 and 1992
- Gold medalist in the women's singles figure skating event at the 1992 Albertville Winter Summer Games
- Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005
Performance at the Olympics: Kristi Yamaguchi competed at the 1992 Albertville Winter Summer Games. In the Games, she had a lead after the original program with Nancy Kerrigan in the second place . After the completion of all the programs included in the figure skating event, Yamaguchi won her only Olympic gold medal defeating Midori Ito of Japan.
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Team USA defeated team Serbia to win its third straight basketball gold medal in Men’s Basketball tournament. The winning team’s coach Mike Krzyzewski was utmost delighted with his team’s victory on the final day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. USA won by a 19-15 lead and this is their 25th straight victory at the Olympic Games in addition to the 15th straight victory in the basketball tournament.
Mo Farah of Great Britain has bagged the gold by winning the 5000 meters final and completed the double double. According to media reports, with this victory Farah has become the second man in the history of Olympics to be able to successfully defend his 5000 and 10000 Olympic championships. His victory is being hailed on Twitter with some calling him the greatest long distance runner of all time. Meanwhile, the silver medal has gone to Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo and Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia has bagged the bronze.
In the women's event, Caster Semenya of South Africa won the Olympic gold in the 800m. She won in one minute 55.28 seconds. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the silver medal and Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui bagged the bronze.
Chen Long of China has taken gold medal in the Rio Olympics 2016 after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has won a silver in men’s badminton today. Lee was facing pressure not to lose the match. He beat Lin Dan of China in the semi-final. Lee and Lin, both are considered to be the best players of their time. With Lee’s defeat, Malaysia has missed out the chance of getting an Olympic gold medal.
Italy came up with a win and is heading to men's volleyball final against Brazil, after defeating USA. The US men's volleyball team tried all their survival skills, but could not stand in front of Italy. The winning team's thriller was 30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9. After it was over, US coach John Speraw said that the team was not skilled enough and they did not execute on some of the opportunities, which Italy flawlessly did
French boxer Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24th birthday by winning a gold medal in Women’s lightweight boxing championship. She defeated China’s Yin Junhua after the end of four rounds that had the two defending champions leveled on the scorecards of three judges. The bronze medals were earned by Mira Potkonen of Finland and Anastasia Beliakova of Russia.
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