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August 6, 2005
Scenes from Apolo's 1000m semifinal in Saguenay
This race was particularly exciting for 2 reasons: 1) it was an all-North American semi, with 2 Americans and 2 Canadians in contention, and 2) because it was Alex Izykowki's 1st World Cup semifinal race. In the end, Apolo Ohno and Mathieu Turcotte advanced to the 1000m final.
Jonathan Guilmette moving into the lead
Jonathan Guilmette leads Apolo and Izy
Jo in the lead ahead of Apolo, Izy and Mathieu Turcotte
Mathieu Turcotte makes his move to pass into 2nd place
Apolo wins the race, followed by Mathieu Turcotte and Jonathan Guilmette (exhibiting his dinstinctive arm swing!)
Nice effort by Izy!
You can see a few more shots from this race in the Saguenay day 3 photo gallery.
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August 3, 2005
Apolo and Rusty
This photo appeared in the print edition of the Columbian newspaper along with last week's article, 'Race to Olympics Begins Now.' Thanks to Linda for scanning it for us!
photo by Steven Lane/The Columbian
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August 1, 2005
More training camp photos
Thanks to Linda for these great shots!
J.R. Celski and Apolo
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Linda and Apolo
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Apolo and Mountain View skater Jim
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Apolo and Bridie Farrell
Love this story that Linda provided to go with this photo and the 2 that follow: "Our club skater Elise presented Apolo with a story she'd written about him as a school assignment. Bridie did the honors of reading it to him as Elise looked on. Then Elise had Apolo sign her book, her helmet, and her skates."
Bridie reads Elise's story to Apolo
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Apolo signs Elise's book and her skates
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Apolo and some of the Mountain View skaters
Thanks to Linda for sharing this shot with us (courtesy of the photographer Dean Rusk Rutz)... more photos to come!
l-r: Andrew Heritage, Apolo Ohno, Cody Young, Tim Demerjian, Lexie Woodward (front row) Thorsten Askervold
photo by Dean Rutz/Seattle Times via Mountain View Speedskating
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Wanna help set a new record?
If you'll be near Salt Lake this Saturday (Aug.6), you can help set a new Guinness world record for most people on an ice facility at one time: Oval aims for record skate party
I guess Scott Koons is getting addicted to setting records!
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