{"id":346763,"date":"2010-02-21T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=93927"},"modified":"2010-02-21T16:47:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T21:47:41","slug":"apolo-anton-ohno-makes-winter-olympics-history-after-winning-seventh-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/346763","title":{"rendered":"Apolo Anton Ohno Makes Winter Olympics History After Winning Seventh Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"330\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rGzjfog4Rlw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rGzjfog4Rlw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Just call Apolo Anton Ohno the most decorated sportsman in the history of the Winter Olympics. The speed skater glided into the history books this weekend, winning a record breaking seventh winter games medal after completing the men&#8217;s 1000-meter short-track on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Apolo&#8217;s bronze medal win set a new U.S. mark for medals won at the Winter Olympics and shatters the record previously set by Bonnie Blair, who held the record title for six medals in the Winter Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-93927\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It feels amazing, especially in a sport as volatile as short track speed skating,&#8221; <\/em> the former Dancing With The Stars contestant remarked after his historic win. <em>&#8220;This is my third Olympic games and there is no other athlete here competing who has gone to three Olympic games and medaled every time.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A slip up towards the end of the race almost knocked Ohno, 27, out of the competition, but he fought back for a third place finish.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I had to crank it up, but I regrouped and won the bronze. It means a lot to me. I wanted to leave my heart and soul on the ice and I did. I don&#8217;t look back at past medals, I look back at the struggles. I live my life with the philosophy that anything&#8217;s possible but I had no idea I&#8217;d have this much success.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OOydLj50I0Hd-okhXck9RKBSuFE\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OOydLj50I0Hd-okhXck9RKBSuFE\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OOydLj50I0Hd-okhXck9RKBSuFE\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OOydLj50I0Hd-okhXck9RKBSuFE\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just call Apolo Anton Ohno the most decorated sportsman in the history of the Winter Olympics. The speed skater glided into the history books this weekend, winning a record breaking seventh winter games medal after completing the men&#8217;s 1000-meter short-track on Saturday. Apolo&#8217;s bronze medal win set a new U.S. mark for medals won at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}