Sugar Todd Is the Games' Sweetest Olympian

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Sugar Todd of the United States reacts after competing during the Women's 500m Race 2 of 2 Speed Skating event during day 4 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Adler Arena Skating Center on February 11, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

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By Sam Laird2014-02-11 22:25:15 UTC

American long-track speedskater Sugar Todd competed in the women's 500-meter race on Tuesday morning at the Winter Olympics.

South Korean Lee Sang-hwa won the gold medal. Todd finished 29th.

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You'd think Todd would be disappointed, perhaps taking to Twitter to express her dejection. You'd think she would vow revenge in the women's 1,000-meter race on Thursday.

You'd think wrong. Dead wrong, actually. Here's what the 23-year-old Todd posted shortly after her 29th-place finish:

This immediately brings up two reactions. First: Sugar Todd must be the greatest, most mature, most well-adjusted, smartest, best athlete in the history of sports. Second: Is her name really Sugar?

Yes, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Located just 15 minutes from Todd's hometown of Wauwatosa, Wis., the Journal Sentinel has a particular interest in her trip to Sochi.

According to the paper, Todd's parents had a list of run-of-the-mill names they were considering naming here. But after she was born, they started calling her "Sugar" as a nickname. The nickname stuck, and her parents decided to put it on her birth certificate.

But that's not all. Todd's full name has yet another twist in store.

"You know how you call someone ‘Honey’ or ‘Sweetie’? They were calling me Sugar and I guess it stuck," she tells the Journal Sentinel. "So I have three middle names. My full name is Sugar Raeshelle-Faye Chelsea Todd."

Let's see Lee Sang-hwa top that.

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