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Saturday, February 25, 2006
7:44:00 PM EST
Right here is my Olympic highlight... watching Apolo Anton Ohno win the 500m here tonight in Torino was a dream come true.
Apolo raises his arms in triumph as he crosses the finish line in front of Canadians Tremblay and Bedard and Korean Ahn
What all the press coverage doubting Apolo after his rough start to the Olympics, it wasn't widely known that he arrived with an injury affecting his hip, hamstring and ankle. He brought his personal physician here to work on it but it wasn't until a few days ago that Apolo's physical condition returned to form. And I think he proved it tonight.
The casual reader won't know how amazing Apolo is when the chips are down. Year after year I've seen him fight his way back from early setbacks to triumph in competitions. So it's fitting that the Olympics was no different. Apolo is an amazing clutch competitor and I'm so proud of the way he won the 500m wire to wire -- it's an exceptionally difficult feat to pull off and he was helped by drawing lane 1.
After seeing Apolo lose the luck of the draw and wind up in lane 4 or 5 so many times of the years, I consider this some well-deserved karmic payback from the gods of short track.
Way to go, champ! Live it up, you deserve it with all your hard work and sacrifices!
Anyone interesting in reading and seeing more about tonight's short track competition in Torino, visit my other blog, Ohno Zone.
Me, Apolo and 2/3 of the hardware he won in Torino
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7:44:00 PM EST
Olympic champion
Apolo raises his arms in triumph as he crosses the finish line in front of Canadians Tremblay and Bedard and Korean Ahn
What all the press coverage doubting Apolo after his rough start to the Olympics, it wasn't widely known that he arrived with an injury affecting his hip, hamstring and ankle. He brought his personal physician here to work on it but it wasn't until a few days ago that Apolo's physical condition returned to form. And I think he proved it tonight.
The casual reader won't know how amazing Apolo is when the chips are down. Year after year I've seen him fight his way back from early setbacks to triumph in competitions. So it's fitting that the Olympics was no different. Apolo is an amazing clutch competitor and I'm so proud of the way he won the 500m wire to wire -- it's an exceptionally difficult feat to pull off and he was helped by drawing lane 1.
After seeing Apolo lose the luck of the draw and wind up in lane 4 or 5 so many times of the years, I consider this some well-deserved karmic payback from the gods of short track.
Way to go, champ! Live it up, you deserve it with all your hard work and sacrifices!
Anyone interesting in reading and seeing more about tonight's short track competition in Torino, visit my other blog, Ohno Zone.
Me, Apolo and 2/3 of the hardware he won in Torino
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the problem is the US coverage,,,it is BORING BORING...take
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What a night! Thanks so much for the report and the pix!
XOXO
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Lucky!
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What a great picture!
2/28/06 1:01 PM