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NEXT: The countdown continues

By Morty Ain
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The deal: ESPN The Magazine's NEXT athlete for 2010 will be revealed in the December 14, 2009 issue. In mid-October, we revealed athletes No. 20-16 Here now, from the November 16 issue: athletes 15-11. No. 15: J.R. Celski It sounds too good to be true. He strapped on a pair of plastic skates at age 3, and by 9 he was carving laps on a short track, mimicking his local Seattle hero, Apolo Ohno. Now, the 19-year-old Celski is the one getting accolades. "J.R. is built for short track," Ohn ...

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