By all accounts, legendary Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is a lovely human. She’s never done anything to make me think otherwise. She’s just a wonderful memory from my childhood, tucked away with all the other successful women I idolized in the 90’s.
However to younger millennials, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Famer is probably better known as the champion of the sixth season of “Dancing With The Stars.” As is the case with many a reality competition show, the contestants become adopted into the show family, as it were.
It’s important that I tell you all of this because on Monday, Yamaguchi tweeted the following words of encouragement to fellow American Olympic figure skater and 90’s icon, Nancy Kerrigan:
So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan !