Arts & Entertainment
Kristi Yamaguchi Greets, Tweets Tri-Cities Fans
The Olympic gold medalist and Fremont native visited Fremont Costco this weekend as part of her book signing tour for 'Dream Big Little Pig!'
Fremont native and Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi posed for photos, chatted with young fans and tweeted all about it during her book signing tour for Dream Big Little Pig! at Fremont Costco Sunday.
The figure skater, who now lives in Alamo, retweeted a photo by Fremont resident Megan Walsh: "Cute! RT @meganwalsh82: Alexis with @kristiyamaguchi at her book signing today! http://twitpic.com/4bl8gr"
Walsh, under the Twitter profile @meganwalsh82, sent this tweet back: "@kristiyamaguchi Thank you! You're book is super cute. I'm a huge fan. Have been for MANY years. It was surreal to see you today. Loved it!"
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Walsh continued the Twitter conversation with Newark Patch, describing how Alexis Scott felt about meeting Yamaguchi.
Megan Walsh tweeted: “She was very sweet. Asked Alexis how she was and thanked us for coming. We were too starstruck to try to make any small talk :)”
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