Post by MT on Jun 3, 2006 19:13:46 GMT -5
The following was blatantly and wantonly stolen from OZ. It is reference a French phone interview with Flou (ever after to be know as "Fuzzy"). Billey36 gets the honors for running it thru a translator and giving us this hysterical, mangled English version. Enjoy!
"If François-Louis Tremblay were surprised to learn, yesterday afternoon, the decision of Apolo Anton Ohno to take its retirement, it did not fall in bottom from its chair for as much, because the rumour circulated already in the medium of the short speed skating tracks. Almatois of origin acknowledges that the departure of the "American rocket" will leave a great vacuum in the world of the short track. "It is a large candidate who from goes away, a large piece. It will leave a great vacuum. The last year and two years ago, it was dominating but it was not any more the world number one ".
Does this retirement give him a blow of old man? "Not, not really a blow of old man. But it is the first of my generation which from goes away. We all are old enters 23 and 25 years. It is the first major one which is withdrawn ", indicates that which lorgne a participation in the Plays of Vancouver 2010. However, it admits that this retirement opens a door and that others undoubtedly will follow. "Fuzzy" knows the American well to have faced it on several occasions since they are of gauge junior. "Since I reached the international competitions, towards the age of 15 years", specifies it. The two athletes always fought a beautiful battle, that it is with the championships of the world junior, the world cups or the Olympic ones. But as François-Louis mentions it, to know Apolo is a quite great word because the American was not kind to be exchanged with the other athletes. He preferred to remain in his bubble. "It did not speak to the athletes much about the other countries. We tried of him to speak but it was in its bubble. It did not want to show compassion for the others ", regrets it in substance during a telephone conversation.
Reprocess gilded In 1998, François-Louis Tremblay had had the best on Ohno while being crowned champion of the world junior and victorious 500m. Thereafter, the American always gave him wire to retordre, as with all his adversaries besides.
The population of Saguenay could see her character of leaf and the marvellous machine which it was twice, is at the time of the world cups in February 2003 and December 2004. Still recently, to the Plays of Turin, the two eternal rivals delivered a whole duel to the 500m and the relay in particular.
For the Canadians, the retirement of the American leaves a place which they intend well to fill. The members of the national team quietly took again the drive after the media swirl and public which followed the OJ of Turin. The members of the team turn already to the Plays of 2010 and prepare plans of drive which will make it possible to the Canadians to again reign as Masters in this discipline. Apolo Anton Ohno thus leaves in full glory, whereas it appears among the three or four better skaters in the world. It can be allowed to be withdrawn since in the United States, the Olympic medallists obtain contracts much more lucrative. "It will be paying to do than it makes there", estimates "Fuzzy". Moreover, it is said that Ohno is the only millionaire of the short track."
"If François-Louis Tremblay were surprised to learn, yesterday afternoon, the decision of Apolo Anton Ohno to take its retirement, it did not fall in bottom from its chair for as much, because the rumour circulated already in the medium of the short speed skating tracks. Almatois of origin acknowledges that the departure of the "American rocket" will leave a great vacuum in the world of the short track. "It is a large candidate who from goes away, a large piece. It will leave a great vacuum. The last year and two years ago, it was dominating but it was not any more the world number one ".
Does this retirement give him a blow of old man? "Not, not really a blow of old man. But it is the first of my generation which from goes away. We all are old enters 23 and 25 years. It is the first major one which is withdrawn ", indicates that which lorgne a participation in the Plays of Vancouver 2010. However, it admits that this retirement opens a door and that others undoubtedly will follow. "Fuzzy" knows the American well to have faced it on several occasions since they are of gauge junior. "Since I reached the international competitions, towards the age of 15 years", specifies it. The two athletes always fought a beautiful battle, that it is with the championships of the world junior, the world cups or the Olympic ones. But as François-Louis mentions it, to know Apolo is a quite great word because the American was not kind to be exchanged with the other athletes. He preferred to remain in his bubble. "It did not speak to the athletes much about the other countries. We tried of him to speak but it was in its bubble. It did not want to show compassion for the others ", regrets it in substance during a telephone conversation.
Reprocess gilded In 1998, François-Louis Tremblay had had the best on Ohno while being crowned champion of the world junior and victorious 500m. Thereafter, the American always gave him wire to retordre, as with all his adversaries besides.
The population of Saguenay could see her character of leaf and the marvellous machine which it was twice, is at the time of the world cups in February 2003 and December 2004. Still recently, to the Plays of Turin, the two eternal rivals delivered a whole duel to the 500m and the relay in particular.
For the Canadians, the retirement of the American leaves a place which they intend well to fill. The members of the national team quietly took again the drive after the media swirl and public which followed the OJ of Turin. The members of the team turn already to the Plays of 2010 and prepare plans of drive which will make it possible to the Canadians to again reign as Masters in this discipline. Apolo Anton Ohno thus leaves in full glory, whereas it appears among the three or four better skaters in the world. It can be allowed to be withdrawn since in the United States, the Olympic medallists obtain contracts much more lucrative. "It will be paying to do than it makes there", estimates "Fuzzy". Moreover, it is said that Ohno is the only millionaire of the short track."
