Asians Dominate in Competitive Speed Skating

By Ben | Thursday, December 24, 2009 | View Comments

I’ll admit. I didn’t even know about this guy until some interview or something while I was flipping through channel surfing. I was thinking, dang… that guy has a unique name. Apolo? And he’s going to be at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I think that most people tend to not stray far from figure skating when it comes to that since everything else is a speed driven sport. At least I personally prefer to watch the X-Games over the Winter Olympics most of the time.

Amusingly, if you look the guy up, one of the first search references that comes up after the name is “Apolo Ohno girlfriend”. Guess there are a lot of young women out there finding the guy pretty cute. Another tidbit I picked up was that he won the 2007 “Dancing with the Stars”. Another show that doesn’t interest me since I hate to break it to ya, but Dr. Dreamy is on at the same time.

In any case, this guy’s obviously good at what he does, judging by the amount of medals he has stashed away somewhere. And I just gotta say…. Sea-town in the house!

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jozjozjoz

Were you in a hole during the 2002 Winter Olympics, Ben!?

This guy was ALL OVER the news that year, thanks in part to the controversy regarding South Korean skaters/disqualifications. Apolo got a ton of hate mail and death threats from Koreans, if I remember correctly.

Plus, he was on Dancing with the Stars, so you shame on you for not having heard of him until now!!!

:P
Ben Hwang

Who? :p Sorry.... I was watching Grey's Anatomy.... :p
Cindy

This is his 3rd Olympic games and he has been a dominant competitor in his sport of short track speed skating that entire time. The races are great fun...a kind of roller derby meets speed skating. The races are fast, aggressive and chaotic...often with bodies flying all over the track. I highly recommend watching them during next year's Olympics. ...and yes, the sport is definitely dominated by Asian competitors...especially South Korea.
Tien V Nguyen

Amusingly, if you look the guy up, one of the first search references that comes up after the name is “Apolo Ohno girlfriend”.
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That actually holds true for a LOT of athletes/celebrities, even if they're butt ugly.
Ben Hwang

Never really paid attention. But I have to say... whatever he has there on his face... shave it off! Ugh.
Matty

I think its his 'thing.' You wouldn't want Tom Selleck to shave his mustache off would you? WOULD YOU?!
Ben Hwang

Yes... yes I would!

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