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Following the disappointment of the 2022 Olympics, Kristen Santos-Griswold looks forward to the 2026 Winter Olympics with a renewed passion for short track.

Chances are, the first time you heard the legendary Apolo Ohno's name, it was during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. We caught up with Ohno in Paris, France, on Wednesday just moments ...

Speed skating legend Apolo Ohno talked to our reporters in Paris, France, on the morning that Salt Lake received the news it will host the 2034 Winter Games.

"Our relationship was shaky," said Ohno, who revolutionized the sport of short track speed skating. "But because we learned from those times, our bond is much stronger today.

Ramping up to his final Olympics, Ohno said he gave a lot of thought to how he would become a productive member of society doing something other than speed skating, he said. "How do I do that?

Three-time Olympian Apolo Ohno was in Salt Lake City as the keynote speaker of the concluding event of Stop Stigma Together, a three-day national summit on the stigma surrounding mental illness ...

Apolo Ohno races during a 1500m Short Track heat Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002 at the Salt Lake Ice Center. Ohno, the most decorated U.S. winter Olympian, won eight medals in short track speed skating ...

"Basically, what inspired me was watching Apolo Ohno go really fast around the track on the ice," Stolz said. "I went and bought a pair of skates, and we had a pond in the back yard, so that's how it ...

Most kids are not like Apolo Anton Ohno, though. At 15 years old, he was competing in the qualifying rounds for short track speed skating in the 1998 Olympic Games.

Kristen Santos-Griswold is seen during a speed skating practice on March 7, 2024. She joined Apolo Ohno in the history books as the second American to have earned the Gold in all three of the ...

Meanwhile, Ohno, 41, won eight Olympic medals over three Winter Games from 2002-2010 in short track speed skating.