(Pittsburgh, PA) – When the man whose name is on the competition says prior to the race that a certain speedskater is “fantastic” , it can create high, often unrealistic expectations, particularly if that man is speedskating legend Apolo Ohno. No matter, as Pittsburgh’s own John-Henry Krueger lived up to the praise bestowed on him by his boyhood hero by taking the Gold Medal in the men’s 1000-meter short-track final at the inaugural Apolo Ohno Invitational held this past Friday in Salt Lake City. I didn’t want to be behind in the race and mess around with collisions, so I took a simpler but harder approach by leading up in front,” said Krueger. “It’s what got me the gold today.” Krueger has had quite the start to the 2014-2015 short-track speedskating season. Coming off his first ever individual World Cup medal when he won gold in the 500-meter final in Salt Lake City a mere two weeks ago, the #1 ranked short-track skater in the country follow...
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