United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics also won silver in the team event. Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with a total of eight medals in his Olympic career. Ohno gave the US relay team the final push for the bronze in the 5000 meter relay, and earned silver and bronze medals in the 1500 and 1000 meter individual events respectively. Women's 1000 meter silver medalist Katherine Reutter broke a streak dating back to 1994 in which no American woman had medaled in an individual short track event. Long track speed skater Shani
Australia at the 1988 Winter Paralympics competed in the Ice Sledge Speed Skating event at the 1988 WInter Paralympic Games." Ice sledge speed racer Knut Lundstroem of Norway was the most successful male athlete of the 1988 Winter Paralympic Games. He winning three gold medals in the cross country events and four gold medals in Ice Sledge Speed Racing over 100m, 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m. Norway's Ragnild Myklebust was the most outstanding female athlete of the 1988 Winter Paralympic Games. She won a total of five gold medals; two gold medals in the cross country events and three gold medals in Ice Sledge Speed The games