Apolo Anton Ohno Archive for Heavy Medal - The Washington Post's blog about the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Apolo Anton Ohno easily advances

Apolo Anton Ohno placed first in his preliminary heat for the men's 500 meters, qualifying him for the quarterfinals on Friday. Ohno's time of 41.665 seconds was neither the fastest nor the slowest but more than enough for him to...

By John Kiernan | February 24, 2010; 10:48 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Apolo Anton Ohno calm heading into 500 meters

Apolo Anton Ohno will return to the ice Wednesday at 8:47 p.m. for his preliminary heat in the 500 meters -- his first competition since the 1000 meters on Feb. 20, when he took bronze to become the most decorated...

By John Kiernan | February 24, 2010; 5:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Apolo Anton Ohno wins 6th Olympic medal

Apolo Anton Ohno won silver in the short-track 1,500-meter speedskating final Saturday night, earning his sixth medal to tie Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history. American J.R. Celski, 19, grabbed the bronze medal and Korea's...

By Lindsay Applebaum | February 13, 2010; 11:03 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ohno begins pursuit of history Saturday night

When short track speedskating begins Saturday night, Apolo Anton Ohno will try to become the most decorated Olympian in the history of this thrilling, high-speed sport. Ohno has five medals from Salt Lake City and Turin, and no one has...

By Matthew Rennie | February 13, 2010; 3:24 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ohno has 'grown before our eyes'

In a Seattle Times profile of Apolo Anton Ohno published last week, Ron Judd says Ohno -- who burst on the short-track speedskating scene at age 14 -- is no longer "a precocious inline-skate punk." Instead, at age 27, Ohno...

By Jon DeNunzio | February 7, 2010; 11:42 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ohno and father: A drive to succeed

As Vicki Michaelis recounted in a recent USA Today profile of Apolo Anton Ohno, the speedskater spent most of his weekends during his childhood with his father, Yuki Ohno, in their Volkswagen, driving the three hours to short-track competitions in...

By Coryn Connelly-Cabreros | February 1, 2010; 11:55 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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