Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na asọmpi nke ndị okenye, Nam meriri nrite ọlaọcha na 1999 U.S. Championships, n'azụ Michelle Kwan. O mechara nweta nkwado na South Korea wee pụta na "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". As Nam emezughị afọ ole ISU chọrọ maka asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke afọ 1999
, onye nke anọ na mba Amerịka bụ Sarah Hughes ka e zigara n'ọnọdụ ya. Ọ bụ ezie na Hughes abụghịkwa okenye, ọ nwere nnwere onwe n'ihi nrite ya na 1999 World Junior Championships. Nam esoghị asọmpi Junior Worlds n'ihi na asọmpi nke oge ahụ mere tupu asọmpi US.