{"id":65911,"date":"2026-02-17T23:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kristi-yamaguchi-hopes-blade-angels-can-break-u-s-individual-figure-skating-medal-drought-they-are-ready\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:32:37","slug":"kristi-yamaguchi-hopes-blade-angels-can-break-u-s-individual-figure-skating-medal-drought-they-are-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kristi-yamaguchi-hopes-blade-angels-can-break-u-s-individual-figure-skating-medal-drought-they-are-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Yamaguchi hopes &#8220;Blade Angels&#8221; can break U.S. individual figure skating medal drought: They &#8220;are ready&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>As the women&#8217;s figure skating got going Tuesday at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/olympic-medal-count-2026-winter-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games<\/a><\/span>, former world champion and Olympic gold medal winner Kristi Yamaguchi was optimistic about the chances of a medal from a trio of American skaters.<\/p>\n<p>An American woman hasn&#8217;t won an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-says-inevitable-crash-olympics-pressure-online-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">individual Olympic skating medal<\/a><\/span> in two decades, but <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-winter-olympics-athletes-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alysa Liu<\/a><\/span>, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito \u2014 collectively known as the &#8220;Blade Angels&#8221; \u2014 are hoping to change that. Before the event got underway, Yamaguchi herself said there was a chance they could even sweep.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna say that is going to happen,&#8221; Yamaguchi said, &#8220;But, for sure, Amber: reigning U.S. champion right now. And then Alysa Liu: reigning world champion. A great chance of being on the podium. 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