‘Country girl’ Kai fulfills a dream

She didn't quite understand what the Olympics were all about while watching the 1988 Seoul Games on TV with her father. After all, Natasha "Tasha" Kai was only 5.

But what Kai understood was that these were the best of the best in the entire athletic world. She knew that one day she'd be there.

"I remember telling my dad that I was going to play in the Olympics," Kai said. "Of course, in my wildest dreams I never thought it would come through like this. I'm just a country girl from Kahuku who's living her dream. more