Kearns • Three-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski held back when discussing this stage of his career with the Pyeongchang Games rapidly approaching in February. This will be his third Olympics, barring a catastrophe, and possibly his last considering he’s 27 years old.
Celski won the first men’s 1,500-meter final at the U.S. Speedskating Short Track World Cup Qualifier in 2 minutes, 26.697 seconds on Friday. He’s trying to keep himself from getting too antsy as he approaches the Olympics as the United States’ most decorated current Olympic short-track skater. The forecast has changed drastically since his first experience in Vancouver in 2010 where Celski didn’t think he’d qualify.