Short Track - One word - Wow!

Short Track Speed Skating was unbelievable! It was over the top fun - edge of your seat excitement.

Apollo Anton Ohno pulled out a thriller - to make it to the finals in the 500 meter race. In the semi-finals he came from behind to pull out a squeaker at the finish, and then went on to easily win the Gold Medal leading the entire race.

They saved the best for last with the 5000 meter men's relay. As great as Apollo's win was, the Bronze medal in the relay felt more important. It's 45 laps and we couldn't breath until it was over. My heart was beating out of my chest. We were sitting with all of the families of the team, and we were all screaming the whole time. At first it was all fairly close between Korea, Canada and the U.S. but as the laps went by, Korea and Canada moved ahead, and were battling back and forth for Gold, and there was quite a distance between the U.S. and Italy. But Italy continued to gain ground, and moved into the lead. When Italy passed the U.S. the entire place went crazy. Every Italian was yelling and jumping up and down. With just two laps to go, Apollo literally sprinted the entire lap, and pulled the U.S. back into the lead. We barely won the bronze. Rusty Smith's mom and dad and all of the families were laughing and crying at the same time.