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The 2010 Winter Olympics are hitting close to home, and with what is happening on the border in Vancouver, British Columbia. But its is not the only thing close to home. Muscat short track skaters Apolo Ohno and J. Celski also making a splash in the games.
They are in good company as well.
Leila in the Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who will compete in the games:
J. R. Celski
Short track skater Washington native son Celski started inline skating at the age of 3. At the age of 14 years, said his family decided to Celski must move to get better training. Celski parents are unable to leave their jobs in Washington, and that Celski moved to Long Beach, California with his brother. Celski worked with the famous Dutch coach Wilma Boomstra. Celski secured a place in th
e Olympic team 2010 despite a serious injury that ended the Olympic trials. On the final night of the competition, Celski segments of the left leg with the tip of the blade of the right ski when it struck out of the paintings a turning point in the quarter-final 500 meters. Celski was to undergo surgery at a local hospital. However, he was confident he would be in the form of Vancouver
Games. Celski As is well known for his former teammate to Apollo Ohno. Celski older brother skated with Ono. Ono Celski know because he rose through the ranks, and decided at the age of 13 to take the short track after watching Ohno wins gold medal in the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Simon Zhu
Short track skater Simon Cho making his debut in the Vancouver Olympics. Zhu, 18, is the youngest member of the U.S. team. Xu was born in Seoul, South Korea, where he began skating at age 3 because his father wanted to find a way to Zhu to release his energy.
Zhu and his family moved to Chicago when Cho was 5 years old, Zhou continued to ski in local clubs.
Xu later moved to Maryland in 2000, and began training in 2001 in the framework of a national team coach Jimmy Yang. Zhang Zhu continue to coach since moving to Salt Lake City in 2007.
Shaw considered quitting skiing in January 2009 due to physical exhaustion and mental development. However, he made adjustments to the agenda healthwise training and ongoing training through the Olympic trials with the encouragement of friends and family. Zhou had acquired immediately to the national team after winning the 500 meter race at the U.S. Olympic trials.
Julie Zhu
Hockey player Julie Chu is what makes it the third Olympic appearance in Vancouver. Julie began skating at the age of 8 when her parents enrolled in the ice-skating classes. Zhu did not take into skiing, but was jealous when she looked through the ice one day and I saw the older brother with learning the exercise of power skating to a hockey rink. Zhu asked her father if she could trade in the toe pads to choose to have hockey. Zhou began to play with different teams of boys up to age 13 when she noticed her colleagues in the team is gaining altitude, speed and muscle. Zhu then played at a later time, and captained the Prime Minister girls ice hockey team in the state of Connecticut, in the state of Connecticut Polar Bears. Cho was a member of the national team since 2001 and was named one of the United States team for three players. Prior to 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and Zhou’s family agreed to get a tattoo if it made the Olympic team. Zhu, along with her father, mother, sister and two brothers got matching tattoos of the Olympic rings and Julie (13). Zhu and tattoo is on top of her foot.
Amanda Evora
American figure skater pair Levora Amanda started playing hockey and turned to snowboarding at the age of 12 years after her sister tried to ski on the ice. Levora left her family home in Texas at the age of 18 to pursue her skating. EVORA skating partner is Mark Ladwig. Remember that Ladwig was Evora story when requested to do a three-pointer during a trial for the first time together. The move is a maneuver difficult to address it early. Evora is currently studying business administration at the University of South Florida.
Mirai Nagasu
Figure skater Mirai Nagasu began skating at age 5 when her parents took her to a skating rink in a rainy day.
Nagasu’s parents own a small sushi restaurant in Arcadia (California, her family struggled financially, and Nagasu admitted that most of her clothes were second hand. Skater before becoming known, Murray was given a scholarship by Michael Weiss, supported by his organization and the skiers with promising financial requirements.
In 2008 the United States Championship, Murray tells the story doll coming to life; the story was set to the music of Léo Delibes’ Coppelia. Despite her initial fall on the opening double Axel, Mirai completion of the rest of the program without any major mistakes. Became the second youngest champion the United States.
Apolo Ohno
Short track skater and Olympic champion three times Apollo Ono started skating competitions at an early age at the request of his father. At the age of 14 years, and Ono was persuaded by his father to move to Lake Placid to train under Pat Wentland. Ono was resistant to this step, and skip the trip to New York after being dropped at the airport. Ono, the father talked about at the end of the day to move and accompanied him to Lake Placid. Having failed to make the team in 1998, Ono, to decide whether to continue skating. Ono, the father brought him to a secluded hut three hours to the north-west of the city of Seattle. Ono spent his time there by taking the long distances. During one of these runs, Ono stopped and sat on a rock in the pouring rain. Realized that it wants to continue skating on the ice. Became the first American to win the overall World Cup for the 2000-2001 season. Ono has since won every national title since 2001.
Graham Watanabe
A member of the Alpine skiing team to the United States in 2000, and Watanabe, Graham has a background in the race, but he turned over to the ice with the announcement of the Olympics. In 2009, Watanabe constantly pulled in a successful outcome. He has three World Cup finals, the top – 10 finishes. He hopes to become bilingual. “I would like, at the end of the day, and learn at least three languages in addition to English,” he said. As was suggested of him: “My father told me a hero because he has achieved great success, but insist on a health perspective and those on what is important in his life. It maintains a healthy lifestyle that balances work hard and play hard. It is also loved and respected by all who met him because of his real nature and pleasant. ”
Caroline Zhang
Caroline Zhang was young elite level of performance over the past three years, and held her top on stage, too, and finished in the top four at the U.S. championships last two games. One of the choreographers is Karen Kwan Oppegard, Michelle Kwan’s sister. Her parents of Chinese immigrants. She began skiing at the age of 5 and attend the Etisalat Academy in Capistrano, California Her hobbies include playing the piano and violin, ballet, and art. Zhang said he wants a tour, coach, and help animals after the ice-skating career is over. It’s bilingual. ?
Stacy Nguyen contributed to this report
