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Post by sintha on Apr 12, 2006 20:30:20 GMT -5
Thanxx CG!!!
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Post by californiagrown on Apr 12, 2006 20:32:13 GMT -5
ur very very welcom
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Post by BailaConmigo on Apr 12, 2006 22:07:14 GMT -5
Wow I guess sarcasm isn't easily detected online LOL (it was a pathetic joke on my part if u guys didnt catch on hahahahaaa)
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Post by californiagrown on Apr 12, 2006 22:08:49 GMT -5
i cought on its just i read the article way before i read your comment and i was like is this girl taking crazy pills and then in got it. it was actualy a very funny joke if you had read the article
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Post by CrimsonAngel on Apr 18, 2006 4:59:15 GMT -5
Hey guys, here are some articles...I thought it would be cool to post them, some will be in other threads....
Short track’s Ohno on inline, his dad and dreadlocks
By Andy Fledderjohann // usolympicteam.com // December 3, 2001
At the tender age of 19, Apolo Anton Ohno already is one of the United States’ top hopes for a medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, not only among short track speed skaters, but from any sport. In 1999, he became the youngest American ever to win a short track World Cup race. Just two years later the native of Seattle captured the overall World Cup titles in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events. Not bad work for someone still in his teens.
Ohno also has an interesting story off the ice. As a rebellious teen-ager, he was sent by his father to Lake Placid at age 14 to train at the Olympic Training Center. Despite being wet behind the ears, he thrived – but only after struggling through some more growing pains. While he’s constantly challenged in skating, Ohno now faces one of his biggest challenges – usolympicteam.com’s "10 Questions For … "
Q1: How are you suited for short track speed skating?
Apolo Anton Ohno: I’m half Japanese and my dad is pretty short, so I’m pretty short to begin with. That’s short track speed skating. You look at long track (speed skaters), those guys are just enormous – they’re huge. I’m pretty short. I don’t think it’s so much about my build, it’s more just I have the talent on the ice. I have a feel for the ice. That’s something that I was given a gift and I don’t see any reason for me to throw that away. And it’s a sport I love. I go out there every single day and there’s not one day I don’t want to be out there. I skate eight times a week, every single day. So it’s pretty hard.
Q2: What do you mean by having a ‘feel for the ice?’
AAO: It’s just like I have my skates under me and I guess some people describe it as having no skates on your feet. It’s kind of like running out there. Everything’s connected. It doesn’t look like you have any kind of mechanics on your body, just looks like you’re free skating and for me, I just feel the ice. I can feel it under my feet, I can feel it under my toes, I feel every ripple in the ice and I feel that’s something that contributes a lot to my success.
Q3: You formerly were an inline skater. Is there anything from inline that transfers to short track skating?
AAO: Just some of the basic muscles I used for inline, but other than that short track is just a totally different ballgame. It’s just a big difference between the skating and trading.
Q4: If you weren’t skating now, what would you be doing?
AAO: I think going to school full time. That’s one of the biggest drawbacks from skating is in order to train at such a high, competitive level, you have to take away a lot of time from school and studying. That’s why I respect Danny Weinstein so much. I don’t know how he does it. He still makes our teams, and he still performs well, but he’s going to Harvard. That’s something I think everyone on our team looks up to Danny for.
Q5: Your father, Yuki, sent you to Lake Placid when you were 14 to train for short track speed skating. How difficult was it to leave home at such a young age?
AAO: The first time he took me to the airport, he took me there and said goodbye and then he left and I called one of my friends to pick me up from the airport and I went to his house, so I was gone for a little bit. He was pretty angry when he found out about that, but I was so young, I was totally rebellious against anything – my dad or anyone with authority. The second time he shipped me out there I went there for sure.
I hated the first month I was out there in Lake Placid. Being moved from Seattle to New York is a big change, especially Lake Placid, being such a small town. I’ve never been in that kind of environment where I kind of felt caged. Then I started to have fun and my coach really persuaded me that I could become one of the best in the world and it just became fun. I was away from home at 14 years old and all I had to do was train and go to school. That was a blast.
Q6: Tell us about your father.
AAO: Dad is just my pops, I guess. He’s strict, but he’s always been there to support me all the way. I think I get my work ethic from him. My dad is definitely one of the hardest working people I’ve ever met in my life. I respect my dad is so many ways like that. He’s trying to run a business at the same time, but he would rather try to support me and help me out 110 percent of the way. That’s something real special.
Q7: Your father runs a hairstyling business. Will you let him do your hair?
AAO: He wants to do my hair. I don’t think he knew I really grew it out this long. When he saw me in Calgary (at a World Cup race), he was a bit surprised. But yeah, he cuts my hair sometimes.
Q8: In the past you thought about putting your hair into dreadlocks. Are you still thinking about sporting the dreads?
AAO: No, usually my hair’s in braids when I’m in Colorado. Some of my friends usually braid it, but right now I’m kind of relaxing a little bit.
Q9: You’re first name isn’t exactly common. What’s the story behind it?
AAO: My father gave me that name. The ‘Ap’ of my name means ‘to lead,’ like away. And the ‘Lo’ means ‘away from’ and the ‘O’ connects it. So the whole meaning is ‘to lead away from.’ It’s a Greek origin.
Q10: Did anyone ever make fun of it?
AAO: No, no one made fun of it. I made sure of that.
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Post by tilechi on Apr 18, 2006 9:23:46 GMT -5
I don't get his name. To lead away from what? Like hs dad named him that so he could lead people away? Like the Pied Piper or what? That doesn't make no sense to me. Why you want to lead people away?
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Post by CrimsonAngel on Apr 18, 2006 13:53:54 GMT -5
I don't get his name. To lead away from what? Like hs dad named him that so he could lead people away? Like the Pied Piper or what? That doesn't make no sense to me. Why you want to lead people away? Maybe it means to "lead away from the pack" like Apolo does in most of his races ;D |
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Post by rach2crazy on Apr 18, 2006 17:21:19 GMT -5
crims thanks for the article thing  |
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Post by Krysten on Apr 18, 2006 17:30:02 GMT -5
yea what she said LOL
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Post by rach2crazy on Apr 18, 2006 17:34:28 GMT -5
LOL APOLO?  !?!?!?!?!?! LOL |
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Post by Krysten on Apr 18, 2006 17:35:53 GMT -5
WHERE!?!?!?!?!
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Post by rach2crazy on Apr 18, 2006 17:59:22 GMT -5
LOL IN MY HOUSE GTCHECK!!! LOL
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Post by Krysten on Apr 18, 2006 17:59:51 GMT -5
LOLOLOLOL
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Post by rach2crazy on Apr 18, 2006 18:02:16 GMT -5
LOL ooo hes not  |
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Post by CrimsonAngel on Apr 18, 2006 18:11:16 GMT -5
Uh oh  Here we go.... The HyperTwins are ready to roll |
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