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...logo on the leg and hood of the long-track skaters; on the short-track athletes, the Colbert Nation mark will be stitched on the leg and chest. "A bit embarrassing that our leadership couldn't secure other sponsors three months before the Olympic Games," short-track star Apolo Ohno wrote to TIME in an e-mail. "But BIG UP's to Stephen Colbert for his willingness to help out our nation's greatest athletes. I'm personally 100% in support of his show and think that this is a very good thing. NOW can I get on the show...
...original version of this story has been updated to include an e-mail from Apolo Ohno...
...things went right for Apolo Ohno during his 2002 Winter Olympic debut. On the ice he won gold and silver medals in short-track speed skating, propelling the popularity of the hypnotically dangerous sport, in which athletes whirl around a 111-m oval with no lane markers while wearing 25-cm razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named...
...everyone in Korea is sold on Ohno. "I know that the Korean public wants revenge," says top Olympic challenger Ahn Hyun Soo. But Ahn insists he wants to beat Ohno only because the American is the top dog, not because he's American...
...Ohno remains a medal favorite in each of short track's three individual events, although he'll face tough competition from Ahn, China's Li Jiajun and Canada's Mathieu Turcotte. Still, in a sport that's dangerous enough, here's hoping the scariest action in Torino stays...