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Ohno skates for more than history
By: cnn.comPosted On: 02/10/2010 1:18 P
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For a short-track speed skater, a career is often proportionate to the size of the track on which he competes.
For a short-track speed skater, a career is often proportionate to the size of the track on which he competes.
American Apolo Anton Ohno is an exception to that rule, as he prepares for his third Olympic Games.
"Usually athletes in short track go to one Olympics, and you never see them again ... maybe two Olympic Games. Those who medal are far and few in between. Usually you see guys [who are] back-to-back medallists in games and then they're done.
"Our sport is that intense and requires so much training and determination." Ohno said.
He burst onto the international scene as a 17-year old, winning a world junior championship. Two years later, he won gold in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2002 Olympics. As the years have passed, Ohno has done the same to his competition.
He often sees former rivals now standing in the coaching box, as he takes on their prot
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