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Article: Another miracle on ice?(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2009
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Byline: Meri-Jo Borzilleri; Special to The Seattle Times
Leading the 500-meter sprint on the final day of last month's Olympic trials in short-track speedskating, J.R. Celski crashed, sliding and bouncing violently off the oval's padded wall.
The impact drove the tip of his razor-sharp right skate blade into his left thigh. When Celski came to a stop, he pulled out the blade. Then he looked at the wound.
"My first reaction was, 'What the hell is that?' " he said. "It's purple, red, orange, yellow and I can see the bone. I've never seen anything like that before."
Then the pain came. And the blood. He heard himself screaming. He heard ...
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... ... FILE - This is a Sept. 11, 2009, file photo showing J.R. Celski, right, leading Apolo Anton Ohno, left, and Anthony Lobello ... short track speedskating championships in Marquette, Mich. Celski has no doubts he'll compete at February's Vancouver Olympics ...
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