In case you've been living under a rock for the past eight years and you don't know who Apolo Ohno is, here is my treat to you. I say Stud of the Month not as if I'll actually continue picking one on a monthly basis but because the world is currently four days into the XIX Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Apolo Ohno has already won his sixth medal for the United States in Short Track Speedskating.
Ohno has become the face of the sport and he's been an inspiring person to watch compete and represent the United States proudly. Even when he took a break from short track and went on Dancing With the Stars (which he ultimately won) he never seemed to get weighed down with fame the way so many athletes seem to.
Shortly after his first Olympic debut in Salt Lake City he was one of the athletes featured in my favorite Nike commercial of all time. Even after six years, the "move" commercial remains in the first slot for me as the athletes meld one sport into another to one of the most moving soundtracks ever to be used in a Nike ad.
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