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May 7, 2004
Passage to Paradise 2004 Invitation
Passage to Paradise 2004
Great news for California fans! For the second year running, Apolo will attend the Passage to Paradise 2004 benefit for Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation. Sonia sent in the invite listing Apolo and the other celebrity guests:
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For more information, see alwaysdream.org.
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May 6, 2004
1500 heat 1
Photos from Apolo's 1500m heat
Resuming the Sweden photo fest - this series is from the start of Apolo's 1500m heat, which he won.
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1500 heat 2
Yawning - or psyching out the competition?
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1500 heat 3
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1500 heat 4
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1500 heat 5
originally posted 3/19/04
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May 4, 2004
Bormio 3000m
World Cup #6- Bormio, Italy- 3000m Superfinal
Download the race video, courtesy of Maggie
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May 3, 2004
Nationals (1996)
Chul Lee, Alex Izykowski and Apolo Ohno at Nationals (1996)
image courtesy Al Izykowski
Al Izykowski writes:
I remember taking this picture at the National Championships in St. Louis. It was Alex's first National meet after his first full year of skating and it was the first time we saw Apolo skate. Alex was in the midget division and I believe Apolo was in the juvenile division. It was even obvious back then that Apolo had a special gift for this sport. I don't think Alex could have imagined at that point that they would someday be living and training together.
The other skater in the photo is Chul Lee. He hasn't been around much the last few years, but he too was a very talented youngster. I don't know who the character on the left is nor do I recognize any of the people in the background. I thought you might get a grin out of an "early Apolo" photo.
Thanks, Izy pop!
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May 2, 2004
Comments Spam
Update on Efforts to Combat Comment Spam
You no longer have to preview your comments before posting them. I restored the 'post' button because forcing preview was not preventing spammers from plying their evil trade in the archived comments. I've implemented more robust spam-fighting measures instead, via a fantastic program called MT-Blacklist, which catches and deletes comment spam behind the scenes.
Nothing changes for legitimate comment posters on OZ. However, your comments may post even more slowly now than before. Therefore, when posting comments, I highly recommend you close the comment window as soon as you post your comment. You can then reopen the comment window and you'll see it's already been posted.
Thanks for your patience everyone. Either the spammers go, or we do, and I have no intention of letting the bad guys win!
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