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...world is spared 10,000 more "Oh No!" headlines. (I fear 10,000 "Oh Yes!" variations are being inked even now.) The better news is, justice was done and as fine a 19-year-old sportsman as the world knows was awarded his rightful prize. Apolo Anton Ohno, speed skater, dude, fun kid, icon, superstar of the highest water, was escorted to the top step of the podium thanks to a DQ, it is true. But if you were there in the arena - and even if you didn't understand short track - it was evident in the last lap: Ohno...
...addition to high expectations, Ohno has had to deal with the burden of race-fixing accusations from the U.S. Olympic trials. Tommy O’Hare, a 1998 Olympian, accused Ohno and Smith of working together during the trials to make sure their friend, Shani Davis, made the team at O’Hare’s expense. Biondo backed up O’Hare’s claims...
...team tapped knuckles before the relay and hugged each other after Ohno finished the race ahead of the Italians...
...soon as the gun went off, all our guys came together,” Ohno said...
Biondo, who fretted that he would be shunned by Ohno and Smith, has a different view now that they’re all at the Olympics...