An American short track speed skater, Apolo Anton Ohno made headlines with his unique look and Olympic medal winning performance in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Apolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics. He's eager for the rest of the skating team to start preparing.
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:20:10 GMTApolo Anton Ohno showed that he is strong medal contender for Vancouver by earning three medals at the Marquette World Cup event in Michigan and won this week's USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week award.
Publ.Date : Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:49:23 GMTApolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics. He's eager for the rest of the skating team to start preparing. Ohno won the 1,000 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, beating South Korea's Lee Jung-su in the final. It was the final day of qualifying for spots at the Vancouver Games.
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:11:50 GMT
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Ohno was not named for Apollo, the Greek god of sunlight and prophecy. His unique first name was given to him by his father, who combined the Greek words "Ap," meaning "steering away from," and "lo," meaning "look out, here he comes." Yuki says his son's middle name, "Anton," means priceless.
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