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02-21-2010, 02:56 PM
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Few thrills, no spills, just a slip in the corner that nearly cost Apolo Anton Ohno a place in history.
Ohno's own mistake dropped him to last place with three laps remaining in the short-track 1,000-meter final Saturday night, trailing the South Koreans and two Canadian brothers.
With the gold and silver out of reach, Ohno scooted furiously past Charles and Francois Hamelin to earn a bronze, making him the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian with seven career medals.
Apolo's Seven
The Olympic medal résumé of Apolo Anton Ohno, who set himself apart Saturday with a bronze in the short-track 1,000 meters in Vancouver:
Event Medal
2002 1,500 Gold
2002 1,000 Silver
2006 500 Gold
2006 1,000 Bronze
2006 5,000 relay Bronze
2010 1,500 Silver
2010 1,000 Bronze
"I really had to fight," he said. "I can't wait to watch the tape and see how I came back from last place to win bronze."
Lee Jung-su of South Korea won his second gold in Vancouver and teammate Lee Ho-suk earned the silver. The Koreans claimed four of the six short track medals awarded.
"Once I advanced to the front, all I could think of was just staying there," Lee Jung-su said through a translator.
Ohno's seventh medal broke a tie with long-track speedskater Bonnie Blair. He now has two gold, two silver and three bronze medals in his three Olympic appearances. The skater from Seattle already earned a silver in the 1,500 last weekend.
"I'm very happy for Apolo's accomplishment," Blair said in a statement from Pacific Coliseum, where she was on hand to watch the race.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Few thrills, no spills, just a slip in the corner that nearly cost Apolo Anton Ohno a place in history.
Ohno's own mistake dropped him to last place with three laps remaining in the short-track 1,000-meter final Saturday night, trailing the South Koreans and two Canadian brothers.
With the gold and silver out of reach, Ohno scooted furiously past Charles and Francois Hamelin to earn a bronze, making him the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian with seven career medals.
Apolo's Seven
The Olympic medal résumé of Apolo Anton Ohno, who set himself apart Saturday with a bronze in the short-track 1,000 meters in Vancouver:
Event Medal
2002 1,500 Gold
2002 1,000 Silver
2006 500 Gold
2006 1,000 Bronze
2006 5,000 relay Bronze
2010 1,500 Silver
2010 1,000 Bronze
"I really had to fight," he said. "I can't wait to watch the tape and see how I came back from last place to win bronze."
Lee Jung-su of South Korea won his second gold in Vancouver and teammate Lee Ho-suk earned the silver. The Koreans claimed four of the six short track medals awarded.
"Once I advanced to the front, all I could think of was just staying there," Lee Jung-su said through a translator.
Ohno's seventh medal broke a tie with long-track speedskater Bonnie Blair. He now has two gold, two silver and three bronze medals in his three Olympic appearances. The skater from Seattle already earned a silver in the 1,500 last weekend.
"I'm very happy for Apolo's accomplishment," Blair said in a statement from Pacific Coliseum, where she was on hand to watch the race.