Apolo Anton Ohno is an American retired short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. Ohno is the most decorated American at the Winter Olympics and was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2019.
Ohno at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
The skates Ohno wore at the 2002 Winter Olympics are preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History.
Ohno in Seattle, Washington, shortly after the 2002 Winter Olympics
Ohno in lead at a 500 m short-track race at the 2004 World Cup in Saguenay
Short-track speed skating
Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.111 metres (364.54 ft). The rink itself is 60 metres (196.85 ft) long by 30 metres (98.43 ft) wide, which is the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an international-sized ice hockey rink. Related sports include long-track speed skating and inline speed skating.
Preparation of the ice
Placement of rubber cones
Short-track at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, Innsbruck