Caption: U.S. Apolo Anton Ohno, center, and Japan's Takafumi Nishitani, right, lead the pack during the men's 500-meter short-track speedskating race at the World Cup competition at St. Petersburg's new Ice Arena, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002. Ohno, competing in his first World Cup competition this season, came back from the third to win two preliminary heats before he was disqualified for impeding during overtake from inside with just two laps to go in the quarterfinals heat.
posted by todd stuart |
4:00 PM
Friday, November 29, 2002
APOLO JUST WON GOLD IN THE MEN'S 1500M FINAL IN ST PETERSBURG!!!!!! WAY TO GO, APOLO - WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk/Yahoo News
Yahoo News caption: Apolo Anton Ohno (L) of USA and Jia Jun Li of China lead the pack during the men's 1500m final at the World Cup Russia Short Track Speed Skating competition in St. Petersburg, November 29, 2002. Jia Jun Li came first but was disqualified and Apolo Anton Ohno won and Ye Li of China placed second and Korea's Hyun-Soo Ahn third.
Screengrabs from the 5000m relay that just took place in Russia - USA won their heat. Sorry for the poor image quality. That's Apolo skating in the first two, followed by Shani (in the middle) who did some awesome passing, and Apolo just after finishing his anchor laps and crossing the finish line.
A few of the things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving: OZ, Todd, APOLO, skinsuits, APOLO, short track, frequent flier miles, VISA cards, APOLO -- and I'm thankful for all of you, our fabulous Ohno Zone community!
Wishing everyone from Ohno Zone a happy Thanksgiving!
And best wishes go out to Apolo and the rest of the U.S. short track team for a successful World Cup meet this weekend in Russia.
posted by noelle . |
1:53 PM
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
:::peering out from behind the curtain:::
Hey! Wow! I'm coming out from behind the control booth to post and frolic in Noelle's absence...and thought I'd say a little pre-Thanksgiving "thank you" to everyone here! Special thanks to all of you who so generously responded to our request for donations to keep the good old OZ operating smoothly. Extra special thanks to our Noelle for her tireles efforts & a well-deserved international adventure! So kids, Todd's coming back to the front page here...lol...I hope I remember how to do this... < wink >
Here are a some great finds from Popular Photography and SI for Kids magazines, submitted by Addi
Popular Photography apparently has a regular feature called "Your Best Shot" where readers submit their photos for a monthly contest. In March 2002 the second place photo was of short track speedskaters.
Popular Photography, March 2002
Skating away: At a practice session for the 2002 USA Olympic Short Track Speedskating team in Colorado Springs, Tony Avelar of Santa Clara, California mounted his Canon EOS1N and 20mm f/2.8 Canon lens on a minitable tripod, left the rig on the ice, and photographed these skaters with a PocketWizard wireless system (while he stood 20 feet away).
posted by noelle . |
9:38 PM
Monday, November 25, 2002
I have now taken down Rite Aid Clip #4, "The Lifestyle I Chose." If you missed it, let me know and I will e-mail it to you. Note: This is a large clip of over 3MB which means I can't send it to certain e-mail addresses (namely, Yahoo and Hotmail).
posted by noelle . |
9:25 AM
Sunday, November 24, 2002
What's different about this picture? (doctored by April)
Thanks for visiting OHNO ZONE: Web resources for fans of Apolo Anton Ohno with the latest Ohno news, competition info, photos, appearances and more. Most of our photos,
fan encounters and comments are contributed by visitors. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far!
- Todd & Noelle
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