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...finished first in the 1,500-m race, only an hour after the Korean women's relay team won gold in the 3,000-m on the same ice. It looked like a great night for South Korea. A jubilant Kim grabbed a Korean flag and began a victory lap. But his celebration was stopped short when the referees announced that the Korean skater was disqualified for "cross-tracking," claiming that he had blocked American Apolo Anton Ohno when he attempted to pass Kim in the final few meters of the race. In fury, Kim tossed down the flag, kicked...
...Bode Miller cranked one. He poured himself down the course in his inimitable second-run fashion (if they ever turn slalom and GS into one-lap events, Miller wins 'em all), and he led until the first-run leader and ultimate champ, Stephan Eberharter of Switzerland, nipped by, sending Bode home with another silver...
...hear the howls from Korea even now, carrying across the Pacific and swooping low over Northern California before resounding off the Wasatch range. Spare me, and spare young master Ohno. "I feel bad for the Korean," said my neighbor in the press section. "He was already taking his victory lap...
...before the Games, no matter what we read, few of us knew Ohno. Now, we feel, we know him like a brother/son/pal. It's because of that 1,000-meter race last week, when the great sprawling crash in the last lap took everyone out, Ohno included, and allowed Steven Bradbury of Australia to cruise home free. Everything Ohno did and has done after falling has revealed him as a great athlete and wonderful competitor and sportsman...
...during the Games, when different rules are applicable, so lets send him home soonest. Meantime, watch him closely. And if you're a fan of true sportsmen, watch Ohno, too. He'll be back in the 5,000-meter relay on Saturday. For a final victory lap, we hope and presume...