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Bonnie Blair blogs for 2010
Bonnie Blair - Oct 26, 2009
Olympian Bonnie Blair blogs about the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and how new technologies are making the Games more interactive and accessible than they have ever been. Read Post | More Blogs
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Rodriguez channels perseverance for 2010
Mary Motzko - Oct 21, 2009
With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games just months away, Jennifer Rodriguez must turn more of her attention to skating after suffering two major life changing events. Read More | More News
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Making Team USA: Meet Allison Baver
Taylor Carlson - Oct 21, 2009
Meet Allison Baver, a two-time Olympic speedskater, as she prepares for Vancouver. Visit TeamUSA.org every Tuesday to meet a winter athlete headed to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Read More | More News
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Amazing Moments: Derek Parra
Christie Succop - Oct 07, 2009
Derek Parra made the transition from being a highly triumphant roller speedskater to becoming an Olympic speedskater on the ice. Read More | More News
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Jordan Malone brings home a silver
USOC - Sep 28, 2009
Seoul, Korea - After a demanding four-day competition at the ISU World Cup 2 for short track speedskating, Jordan Malone skated off with the only medal won by the U.S. team during the event. Read More | More News
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2010 U.S. Short Track Team Nominated
U.S. Speed Skating - Sep 15, 2009
2010 Olympic Short Track Team nominees announced and presented last Saturday. Apolo Ohno and Katherine Reutter earned overall classification for event and retained U.S. Short Track titles. Read More | More News
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Ohno wins 2 events & earns Olympic spot
BETH HARRIS - Sep 18, 2009
MARQUETTE, Mich.(AP) Apolo Anton Ohno left trouble in his tracks and returned to a place he knows best: the winner's spot on the podium. Read More | More News
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Celski tops Ohno at nationals
BETH HARRIS - Sep 10, 2009
J.R. Celski keeps beating childhood idol Apolo Anton Ohno. Celski easily won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. short track speedskating national championships Wednesday night. Read More | More News
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Amazing Moments: Bonnie Blair
Christie Succop - Sep 09, 2009
Bonnie Blair is a four-time Olympic speedskater who has earned six medals, becoming the most decorated American athlete in Winter Games history. Read More | More News
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Exciting Races for Speedskaters
USOC - Sep 11, 2009
It was a wild ride at the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Short Track Speedskating. With many false starts, falls and surprise endings, adrenaline was flowing at the Berry Events Center. Read More | More News
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Going for the Gold: J.R. Celski
Christie Succop - Sep 04, 2009
For the past four years, J.R. Celski has been called the next Apolo Anton Ohno of short track speed skating. Read More | More News
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Short track trials to begin Sept. 8
US Speed Skating - Aug 12, 2009
On September 8-12, 2009, the country's top short track speedskaters will compete in Marquette, Michigan for spots on the 2010 U.S. Short Track Olympic Team . Read More | More News
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Reutter ready for Olympic Trials
US Speed Skating - Aug 25, 2009
Salt Lake City, UT. With just two weeks to go until the 2010 U.S. Short Track Championships/Olympic Trials, Katherine Reutter is ready to rock the ice in Marquette, Michigan on Sept. 8-12. Read More | More News
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Raney-Norman is living the dream
Chrös McDougall - May 28, 2009
A mountain retreat with her husband, a beloved pooch, volunteer work, school-oh and training for Vancouver 2010-keep three-time Olympian Catherine Raney-Norman happily busy. Read More | More News
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Ohno ready to zip toward Olympic gold
BETH HARRIS - Sep 08, 2009
MARQUETTE, Mich.(AP) The soul-patched one still glides low around the ice, powering past his rivals in the turns. Read More | More News
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Shani Davis wins Oscar Award
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - May 20, 2009
Olympic gold-medalist Shani Davis won Norway's Oscar Award for the 2008-2009 season. Read More | More News
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Ochowicz receives nomination
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Apr 21, 2009
Two-time speedskating Olympian Sheila Young Ochowicz (Palo Alto, CA) was selected as one of 15 individual finalists to be considered for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Read More | More News
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Marsicano 3rd spot for USOC Male
US Speed Skating - Apr 10, 2009
Although figure skater Evan Lysacek won for the male athlete, long track speedskater Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) earned a third-place spot in the final voting. Read More | More News
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Announcing 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Mar 25, 2009
The inductees will be welcomed into the U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Fame on April 18, 2009 in St. Louis, MO at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. Read More | More News
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Podium finishes for Team USA
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Mar 17, 2009
For the first time in history, both the U.S. ladies' and men's short track speedskating teams stood on the podium at the ISU World Team Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Read More | More News
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Marsicano is new force in speed skating
Bob Condron - Mar 15, 2009
There's a new kid on the block in U.S. Speed Skating. Read More | More News
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Two world records for Shani Davis
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Mar 09, 2009
The excited crowd at the Utah Olympic Oval watched as Davis smashed Marsicano's record with a world record time of 1:06.42. Read More | More News
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Podium finish for Celski at Worlds
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Mar 06, 2009
J.R. Celski takes third, finishing just one place above multiple Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno. Read More | More News
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Historic weekend for short track skaters
Peri Kinder - U. S. Speedskating - Feb 16, 2009
2009-Dresden, Germany. When the U.S Short Track team finished the last World Cup event in Dresden, Germany, they left with a first place ladies team classification for the first time in history. Read More | More News
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Vancouver 1-Year-Out
USOC - Feb 13, 2009
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Speedskater Named Chef De Mission
USOC - Feb 18, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Today, the USOC named Michael Plant as the U.S. Team Chef de Mission at the Vancouver Olympic Games, a role previously held by Jim McCarthy in Torino. Read More | More News
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World Speed Skating Championships
International Skating Union - Feb 09, 2009
Speed skaters from fourteen nations took part in this year's World Allround Championships in the rink that hosted the 1994 Olympics. Read More | More News
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Tucker finds gold in Russia
Peri Kinder - Jan 26, 2009
It was a first-place finish in the Men's 500m as U.S. long track speedskating Olympian Tucker Fredricks (Janesville, WI) Read More | More News
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ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Getty Images - Dec 14, 2008
The Essent ISU Speed Skating World Cup took place Dec. 13-14, 2008, at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena in Nagano, Japan. View Gallery | More Galleries
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World Junior Short Track Championships
Devra Pitt Getaz/ISU - Jan 12, 2009
This year's ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championship was held in Sherbrooke, Canada. Junior-aged short track speed skaters were in attendance at the Eugène-Lalonde Arena. Read More | More News