Ka cika wannan magana: A gasar tsere na manya, Nam ta lashe lambar azurfa a gasar tsere ta 1999 a Amirka, bayan Michelle Kwan. Daga baya ta sami tallafi a Koriya ta Kudu kuma ta bayyana a "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Kamar yadda Nam bai cika ka'idojin shekarun ISU ba.
1999 gasar zakarun duniya, 4th-ranked U.S. lady Sarah Hughes aka aiko a maimakon ta. Kodayake Hughes ba ta da tsufa sosai, tana da keɓewa saboda lambar yabo a Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 1999. Nam bai yi gasa a gasar Junior Worlds ba saboda gasar wannan kakar ta faru kafin gasar zakarun Amurka.