Ohno Comes Back to Win Overall Competition
The Anton Ohno bashers who were giddy the last few days after he was twice disqualified in two prior races are sure to be furious with rage after Ohno comes back to win the overall speed skating competition buy winning two gold medals over his South Korean competitors on their home ice:
In the men’s 1,000-meter final, Ohno, last year’s overall world no.1 sprinter, clocked 87.452 seconds to outrun China’s Li Jiajun (87.646) and Ahn (87.833) for the gold medal.
The 23-year-old American took another gold in the 3,000-meter race with a record of 5 minutes, 38.465 seconds, past Ahn and his compatriot Lee Ho-suk.
With a last-day rally, Ohno, who was disqualified in the 500-meter and 1,500-meter events, took the first spot in the men’s overall classification ahead of Ahn. Both had 68 points but Ohno had the advantage of winning the long-distance event.
I wonder what twisted CIA conspiracy theory will surface to explain Ohno’s win this time? Maybe the race organizers will let him finally talk to the media now that he won.
