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Article: Christie and Mimi Ambrosi: an Olympic medal isn't all that is golden.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 26, 2000
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BLACKTOWN, Australia _ Moments after the American women's softball team clinched a second straight Olympic gold medal with a 2-1 victory over Japan, the Australian heavens opened up and turned the field and grounds around the stands into a sea of mud.
Slogging through it all, to the edge of the right field seats, U.S. left fielder Christie Ambrosi blew her mother, Mimi, a kiss and screamed into the night "I love you!"
Mimi Ambrosi had given so much to personally see this moment, the sight of the supreme Olympic medal hung by a blue satin sash around her youngest daughter's neck. Mimi had sold her house in Overland Park, Kan., to finance the trip for ...