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Australia's Steven Bradbury celebrates his victory after a pile up in front of the finish line allowed him to pass the race leaders from fifth to win the men's 1,000-metre short track final at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Shani Davis claimed his second title in three days, winning the 1,000 meters in the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.

Generally, you would not describe Steven Bradbury as lucky. This, after all, is a man who has almost died, twice, in the cause of short track speed skating, losing four pints of blood and gaining 111 stitches after an accident in 1994, and breaking his neck in a grisly collision two years ago.

I have been trying to figure out what led Olympic champion Shani Davis last week to call U.S. Speedskating's new benefactor, Stephen Colbert, ``a jerk.'' Was it a reaction to Colbert's recent ``attack'' of Canadians and Canadian speedskaters? Probably a little of that.

Apolo Anton Ohno and other U.S. speedskaters have come to Stephen Colbert's defense after Shani Davis called the mock pundit "a jerk." By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Apolo Anton Ohno and other U.S. speedskaters have come to Stephen Colbert's defense after Shani Davis called the mock pundit "a jerk." Ohno and women's short track star Katherine ...

This is a Sept. 11, 2009, file photo showing J.R. Celski, right, leading Apolo Anton Ohno, left, and Anthony Lobello Jr.

Alyson Dudek didn't want to talk about competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics until it was official.

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto have taken some big steps toward winning Skate America by capturing the original dance.

Apolo Anton Ohno is certainly going to the Winter Olympics. He's eager for the rest of the skating team to start preparing.

Apolo Anton Ohno won the 1,000 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, beating South Korea's Lee Jung-su in the final.

One of speedskating's giants won't seek a fourth gold medal at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Tiger Woods gave the record crowds at the Australian Masters everything they could have wanted with his victory Sunday, except a definitive answer when he would return.

Canada's short-track speedskating team will enter the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games with confidence after racking up seven medals in the final World Cup event of the season.

Su Lee of South Korea won the men's 1,500-meter short track World Cup speedskating race on Saturday.

Zenyatta overcame early trouble to beat the boys in the $5-million Breeders Cup Classic on Saturday, running her record to 14-0. The 5-year-old mare rallied from last after a poor start and fought off Gio Ponti in the stretch to win by a length at Santa Anita, beating a loaded field of 11 males and becoming the first female to win the Classic in ...

Canada's Charles Hamelin leads Thibaut Fauconnet of France, American Apolo Anton Ohno and Yoon-Gy Kwak of Korea during Men's 1000m semi-final at World Cup short track speed skating competition in Montreal Sunday, November 8, 2009.

The deal all but fell into U.S. Speedskating's lap. And it quickly has made the sport's athletes feel more confident they won't be lapped by the competition in this Olympic year for financial reasons.

NBC Universal is going all in on a multiplatform affiliate marketing campaign in support of the Vancouver Olympics.

Canada scooped up three medals at the short-track speedskating World Cup on Saturday, two of them going to Charles Hamelin who calmly staved off fierce competition in the 1,500 and 500 metres.

Katherine Reutter of the United States won the women's 1,500 meters at a short track speedskating World Cup event, and U.S. star Apolo Anton Ohno failed to qualify for the men's 1,500 final.