Apolo Ohno talks Salt Lake 2034, living through the first post-9/11 Olympics and cellphones

PARIS (ABC4) — Chances are, the first time you heard the legendary Apolo Ohno's name, it was during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. We caught up with Ohno in Paris, France, on Wednesday just moments after Salt Lake learned the Olympics are coming back in 2034.

Currently 42, he retired from speed skating back in 2010 — but not before earning medals in the Salt Lake (2002), Turin (2006), and Vancouver (2010) Games. He exploded onto the Olympic stage in Salt Lake, taking short track speed racing gold in the 1500m. He took home another in the 500m in Turin. Two more silver medals and four bronzes rounded out his career. That makes him the single most-decorated American in Winter Olympics history.

He's also an eight-time gold medalist in the World Championships, if that wasn't enough.

Those are his credentials. But Ohno al...