Word: skater
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...Coming into Salt Lake City, no skater since Lipinski had done the rough equivalent of that sensational accomplishment. There had been modest surprises - tantamount to scandals in the skating world - but that...
...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...
...adept at all. Tamara has never seen me skate, but she said if I was five years younger, she’d be happy to be my coach,” he says. “It’s too late to become a world-class skater, but it’s not to late to enjoy skating for what it is—recreational and enjoyable. I just move around the ice and feel proud of myself for that...
...Senft: It's a very challenging thing to put yourself through, and it can also be enormously nerve-wracking. As a judge, we have to put skaters in a rank as we go, which means we have to keep track of what every skater does and continually compare them. So in a field of 30 skaters, we have to determine who should be 17th, and that requires very serious attention over an extended period of time. Then when the program's over, we have 20 seconds to make a decision that will be scrutinized and criticized for years to come...
Mazzoleni seemed satisfied with the play of Moore, noting that he had the most scoring chances of any Crimson skater...