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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2009 16:54:35 GMT -8
Local coverage--finally. Can they hear me now? LOL
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jul 6, 2009 17:04:47 GMT -8
Thank you SO much for that article, Breidy! I knew Jordan had had a massively broken jaw as an inliner, but did NOT know that he had stopped breathing and required CPR. Can you just imagine how stressful this sport must be for the parents? It's just one injury horror story after another... I'm SO hoping that he gets that trip to Canada! And I'm not a bit surprised about the funding issues - the corporate sponsorships are really drying up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2009 13:14:14 GMT -8
I've asked Jordan and his Mom to keep me posted if the fund raiser in Mid-July happens. Maybe the short track fans at GotApolo and Oz can "virtually" support Jordan.
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Post by bubblebuttsbabe on Jul 17, 2009 0:51:23 GMT -8
I don't know if this is the fundraiser you were talking about, gasp, but there you go... source: www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/sports/other/stories/DRC_Malone-Fundraiser_0716.46eb2cb5.htmlSpeed skating: Fundraiser for Malone scheduled for Sunday08:17 AM CDT on Thursday, July 16, 2009 A fundraiser featuring Denton short-track speed skater Jordan Malone is scheduled for Sunday at Texas Sundown Ranch in Sanger. The event will include a luncheon and live music as well as a chance for the public to meet the Olympic hopeful, who currently is training for a potential spot on the U.S. Olympic team at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The festivities will run from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, with children admitted free. Malone, 25, will next compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in September in Marquette, Mich. He helped the U.S. relay team win a gold medal at the ISU World Championships in March in Austria.
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Post by mtnme on Jul 17, 2009 9:54:02 GMT -8
Thanks for posting the info for Jordan BBB and gasp. Since the majority of us can't attend, I wonder if we can send a donation via carrier pigeon...
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Aug 15, 2009 7:18:42 GMT -8
With all the new websites popping up for the skaters, let's not forget to be watching for Jordan's which is due to be completed soon! www.jordanmalone.com
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Post by mtnme on Aug 15, 2009 10:18:10 GMT -8
Oh, I would NEVER forget Jordan!!! ... I was just 'pacing' myself! (don't wanna post EVERYTHING in one day! LOL) But I LOVE Jordan's site so far, it's off to a good start.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 16, 2009 18:45:09 GMT -8
It's nice to see Jordan getting some attention in his home state! Keep 'em coming, Texas! Oh, and thanks to Peggy for the link. ________________________________________________________________________ Winter Olympics report08:07 PM CDT on Sunday, August 16, 2009 By KATE HAIROPOULOS / The Dallas Morning News khairopoulos@dallasnews.com TEXANS TO WATCH Jordan Malone Event: Short-track speed skating Malone, of Denton, didn't make it to the 2006 Turin Games. But he did all he could, even racing at the U.S. Olympic short-track speedskating trials on an ankle broken just weeks before. But another chance is coming. He can make the Olympic team during the Olympic trials, Sept. 8-12, in Marquette, Mich. If he stays healthy, U.S. coach Jae Su Chun has predicted that Malone, 25, will "make the podium" in Vancouver. Malone, who trains in Utah, is a former inline skating world champion who switched to one of the glamour Winter Olympic sports for the U.S. Speedskaters produced 10 of 25 American medals in Turin. www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/olympics/stories/DN-olypreview_16spo.ART.State.Edition1.4bf93fb.html
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2009 19:55:14 GMT -8
Yee Haw. I guess emailing TPTB at the Dallas Morning News might have helped. Prior to this they did an overview on the Olympics w/a nod to Short Track and mentions of Apolo and Texas Chad Hedrick. I like Chad but when they left Malone out, I advised them of the error of their ways. LOL
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Post by mtnme on Aug 23, 2009 9:32:06 GMT -8
first off, way to go gasp! It's about time the local papers focused some attention on their home grown athletes, especially before the Olympics. Sometimes these athletes must often find themselves in the position of asking 'Where is the Love?" But onto other things.... photo brought over from TRF. Skater art (?) by goofing around with photo software. Most of the time, I usually end up with an unidentifiable mess, but once in awhile, I get some 'happy accidents'. The photo is from US Championships. (original photo by Jerry Search before I abused it...) Everyone noted that the lighting in the arena made the ice look pink in their photos. I just kinda went with it to see what it would do. These are the results. Ryan Bedford, JR Celski, Joey Lindsey and Jordan Malone, skating on a sea of frozen flourescent pink snowcones.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 3, 2009 19:53:38 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 4, 2009 8:56:02 GMT -8
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Post by aaosmts19 on Sept 4, 2009 9:19:41 GMT -8
I particularly like the statement on the "Schedule" page: "Due to the special circumstances of the 2010 Olympic season, my entire schedule depends on...." and then he gives the date/times of the Oly Trials... Also, I never knew what the "FCR" on his helmet stood for: Fulll Composite Racing, based out of his garage, providing carbon fiber racing equipment for the national team.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2009 20:41:15 GMT -8
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Comments 0 | Recommend 0 Denton native Malone gets another shot at Olympics
11:21 PM CDT on Sunday, September 6, 2009 By Todd Jorgenson/Sports Editor This is the week Jordan Malone has been anticipating ever since he abandoned inline skating six years ago and took to the ice.
Actually, it’s the second such week. The first came four years ago, when the Denton native had his short track speed skating dreams dashed at the U.S. Olympic trials through a combination of injuries, controversy and bad luck.
Now, Malone is back. He’s fully healthy and ready for a second chance at Olympic glory heading into the U.S. trials beginning Tuesday in Marquette, Mich.
Malone will find out Saturday if he has earned a place on the five-man U.S. squad that will compete at the Vancouver Olympics in February.
Malone, 25, said he’s healthier and hungrier than ever heading into this week’s races, and said the disappointment from four years ago probably plays a large part in that.
“I have a lot to prove,” Malone said. “Those have kind of been my motivating words.”
For most of the past four years, Malone has been housed in Salt Lake City as part of the U.S. national team training program with several of the other top athletes in the sport. More than a half-dozen times annually he competes in World Cup events across the globe.
His results in international competitions, combined with the speed and technique improvements that have come through his intense training regimen, make Malone confident.
But more than anything, Malone knows he won’t have any excuses due to the type of untimely injuries that have riddled his career so far.
“I’m doing OK as of right now, and that’s a good thing,” Malone said. “Being injury-free is what it’s all about.”
Malone has spent the past two years under the tutelage of Chun Jae-Su, the South Korea native who was brought in to coach the U.S. national team. Chun said Malone has the potential not only to qualify for the Olympics, but to earn a medal.
“He’s one of the fastest skaters in the United States. I have a lot of confidence that he will make the team,” Chun said. “This year he’s been very consistent. We’re not having any major problems.”
In his quest to compete in Vancouver, Malone will need to avenge the unfortunate events of 2005, when Malone shattered a bone in his ankle about a month before the Olympic trials. He had surgery a week later, and followed with physical therapy that included acupuncture. Doctors cleared him to race, saying that he would not worsen the injury as long as he could endure the pain.
That’s what Malone attempted to do that year at Berry Events Center, the same site as this year’s trials. But he was squeezed out of a spot on the U.S. team in Turin, Italy, in part because an official’s ruling led to a disqualification in the final race. Had it not been for that result, Malone would have earned enough points to make the team.
“That time was very painful for him, but I think he’s much stronger now and more stable now,” Chun said. “He’s very hungry to race.”
At the Olympic trials, points are awarded to skaters throughout the week based on their results in races at three distances between 500 and 1,500 meters. The skaters with the top cumulative point totals make the team.
Malone said he has been skating the fastest times of his career leading into the trials. However, he knows that the landscape of short track in the United States has changed dramatically.
Four years ago, Apolo Anton Ohno was the poster child for the U.S. team. He was far and away the country’s fastest skater in each event, and won a gold medal in Turin to show it.
Ohno will be back this year, and is still the skater to beat. However, the gap has closed significantly, and it’s not just Malone who is in pursuit, but others such as Ryan Bedford and J.R. Celski, who have risen to a comparable level.
In fact, Celski surpassed Ohno to become the top U.S. finisher at the world championships last spring.
“The field is so much deeper now,” Malone said. “The U.S. team has done a great job of stepping up in the last four years.”
In other words, although Malone has the ability to earn a spot on the Olympic team, he’s anything but a shoo-in -- especially in a sport like short track, where fast-paced crashes and frequent disqualifications can mar an otherwise stellar race.
Plus, three of the five skaters from the U.S. team in Turin will be competing to earn another Olympic berth this week, so the competition level will be fierce.
Malone is good friends with Ohno and most of the other top skaters who will be there this week, the same people he roots for when they compete together on the international level. At the trials, the vibe will be different.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2009 20:42:19 GMT -8
---the "paste" dropped the last view paragraphs, so here they are:
“It’s not like every other sport, where everybody’s not with each other all the time,” Malone said. “It’s kind of hard. You don’t want to be the last one left out, but if you’re not left out, you’re taking somebody else out. There’s always some hurt feelings.”
This summer, Malone’s high-volume training plan has steadily intensified and has gradually shifted more from conditioning to refining technique. He has competed in a couple of minor races leading up to the trials in order to regain his rhythm.
He said his best event is probably the 1,000 meters, which is a middle distance in short track, although he also will be targeting the 1,500 for a strong finish. The whole time, he plans to skate with slightly more caution than usual in an effort to avoid crashes or disqualifications.
Combine that with the pressure and anxiety that accompany the biggest meet of his career, and Malone knows he must prepare himself to handle the mental rigors of the sport as well as the physical if he wants to compete at his sport’s highest stage.
“I take all that nervous energy and tell myself to swallow it and use it as fuel,” Malone said. “You don’t want to let anybody down.”
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