{"id":16596,"date":"2014-01-07T04:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T04:01:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-07T04:01:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T04:01:23","slug":"J-R-Celski-qualifies-for-3-events-at-Sochi-Olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16596","title":{"rendered":"J.R. Celski qualifies for 3 events at Sochi Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apolo Anton Ohno tabbed J.R. Celski as a future star four years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Ohno now retired and doing TV commentary, Celski has stepped into the void as the dominant American short track speedskater.<\/p>\n<p>He won the 1,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday, giving Celski three individual events to compete in at the Sochi Games.<\/p>\n<p>Celski heads to his second Olympics looking to add to the pair of bronze medals he won at the 2010 Vancouver Games, when Ohno was ending his career as America&#8217;s most decorated Winter Olympian.<\/p>\n<p>Celski lost just one race during the four-day trials at the Utah Olympic Oval, finishing second by half a blade length to Chris Creveling in the first 1,000 final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Celski came back to easily win the second 1,000 final of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celski qualified for three events \u2014 500, 1,000 and 1,500.<\/strong> #HAPAPRIDE #TEAMUSA<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ArOezpP5KUg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k-9n5j6NU9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Source AP<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apolo Anton Ohno tabbed J.R. 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