That's kinda what I was alluding to earlier. I don't know how many times Ohno has been knocked out of an Olympic race, but 3 of his medals he was a beneficiary of circumstances. He would've still medaled one or two of them, just not as high. Ohno's first ever medal was received when the entire group except the last place guy all crashed. The last place guy finished in first as a result. Ohno crawled across the finish line for a silver. His first ever gold medal, he actually finished second. The person who finished first was disqualified for supposedly blocking Ohno from a chance to pass. I think most of us have seen enough of these races to see some get DQed when they probably shouldn't have, and others that should've been DQed and weren't. So it works both ways. Then, of course, the race earlier in this Olympics where Ohno wouldn't even had medaled, sitting in 4th place on the final turn of the final lap. So, he has shown not only skill, but has had quite a bit of luck in two of his silvers, and one gold. Not to mention, as someone else mentioned, Bonnie Blair won 6, and 5 of those were golds. 7 medals no matter how you slice it is impressive, but I'm much more impressed with Blair, Heiden, Phelps, and a number of others over Ohno's accomplishments at the Olympics.