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	Shani Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American speedskater who specializes in both short track and long track speedskating.
		Davis qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics long track team, but failed to make the short track team; his quest to become the first to compete in both skating disciplines in the same games was made into a TV documentary by NOS shortly before the Games, entitled Dubbel Davis (Double Davis).
		Davis was criticized for this decision, with teammate Hedrick claiming Davis' presence would have meant "a pretty sure gold", and said his absence was "tough to swallow".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shani_Davis (689 words)

	shani davis the ice machine
		Davis is a 22-year-old Chicago native who quiets the skeptics on a daily basis.
		Davis' best distance might be the 1,500 meters, which is contested in both short- and long-track.
		Davis grew up in Hyde Park and began roller-skating with his mother, Cherie, when he was 21/2.
	www.internationalmedalist.org /shani_davis_the_ice_machine.htm (1004 words)

	Sports: Speed racer
		Cherie Davis was working as his legal secretary at the time the roller rink coach suggested her son move to the ice.
		Davis continued to blossom, meanwhile, and was aided by the support of another Chicago skate coach Dick Berg.
		Davis is attending the Olympic Education Center college and training program at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich. He's majoring in microeconomics while doing short-track work, preparing for the Olympic trials in December.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/08/10/news_pf/Sports/Speed_racer.shtml (1350 words)

	ROAD TO TURIN: Shani Davis Skates To His Own Tune On Path To Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cherie Davis raised her only child as a single parent, got him involved in roller skating when he was 2 1/2 ("he would go a couple of laps, then ask for quarters so he could play the video games"), became his manager and closest confidante, and defiantly stands up to even the smallest of slights.
		That said, Shani wouldn't think of loosening ties with the woman who raised him, who made sure he never wanted for anything even when money was tight, who went out of her way to get him to every practice, every meet.
		Davis knows better than anyone that speedskating remains a minor sport in the U.S., popping up every four years and fading away as soon as the flame is extinguished.
	www.blackathletesportsnetwork.net /artman/publish/article_01384.shtml (1412 words)

	Local skater was alternate in Salt Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shani originally made the team as one of six relay team members, four of whom would be chosen to skate in the 5000 meter.
		Davis knew going into the Olympics that he was eligible for the Junior Worlds and would have the option of taking a bye and withdrawing from the Olympics to focus on the Junior competition.
		Shani Davis remained at Salt Lake until February 17, missing the opportunity to travel to Italy with the World Junior Championship team, and was still not chosen to skate.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /news/articles/2002/02/22/local_skater_was_alt.php (783 words)

	Shani Davis back on the right track
		Shani Davis, 23, heads to Turin at the top of his game with a real chance to capture multiple medals in various long-track speedskating events.
		Davis has fought through the most difficult of paths, through political tangles, to get here because of his ability to concentrate on the purity of the sport.
		Davis had a chance to be the Games' most promoted American athlete, but skier Bode Miller, loaded with controversial statements, has won the marketing battle.
	www.suntimes.com /output/couch/cst-spt-greg08.html (1286 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Davis is first black U.S. Olympic speedskater
		Davis, a former roller skater from Chicago, went right to the lead of the 1,000-meter short-track final and stayed there, holding off Ohno and two other skaters in the last race of the Olympic trials.
		Davis pumped his arms in triumph and high-fived spectators along the boards as he glided through a cooldown lap.
		Davis shared his victory with his mother, a secretary who used to wake her son up every morning to run a mile when he was eight.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2001/1222/1300441.html (898 words)

	Shani Davis stirs up U.S. speedskating
		Davis' height makes him the tallest American speedskater in a sport where gravity favors those who are built low to the ice, like the 5-7 Ohno.
		Davis first tried speedskating when he was 6, around the time his parents divorced.
		Cherie Davis pushed her son, waking him every day to make him run a mile, starting when he was in second grade.
	www.phillyburbs.com /olympics/2002/news/0207davis.htm (797 words)

	A Lonely Skate To Glory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Davis is a fly in the buttermilk, so to speak, as an athlete in a sport bereft of people of color.
		Davis is the only American skater who skates both long and short track, although he seems to prefer short track because of the speed in close quarters and he likens it to a chess match in how much strategy is involved.
		Davis did not practice because he is leaving the Olympic village on his way to the World Junior Long Track Championships in Italy.
	www.blackwebportal.com /wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=1672 (4083 words)

	Lonely Skate To Glory: The Black Iceman Cometh
		Davis’ win should have been nothing out of the ordinary but, upon further inspection, he is African American, an unusual sight in the sport of speedskating.
		Short track speed skater Shani Davis carries the tremendous honor of being a fl man representing his country, while composing himself, and remaining composed, through incidents that may or may not have something to do with the color of his skin.
		Davis had a good time at the skating school since it was comprised of other African Americans his age.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_01291.shtml (3727 words)

	Rogers Park Stories about Neighbors: Shani Davis, Olympic Speed Skater
		Shani won by placing first in the 1,500 m, second in the 500 m, and fifth in both the 5,000 and 10,000 m.
		Roller-skating since he was two, Shani was encouraged to try skating on ice after it appeared he had grown bored of roller-skating.
		As to why more minorities do not participate in the sport, Shani and his mother agreed that speed skating is not publicized "correctly." According to the two of them, speed skating is hardly promoted at all.
	www.rogerspark.com /people_paws/shanidavis.htm (721 words)

	USATODAY.com - Davis definitely a man making news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		TORINO — Shani Davis has fallen short of one historic quest at the Winter Olympics, but he is poised to nail another Saturday when he'll become the first African-American competitor in long-track speedskating.
		Davis has a far friendlier reputation in short track, where he was a 2002 Olympian but didn't compete as an alternate on the 5,000-meter relay team.
		Davis adds: "I think it's good that the public can see how it is, because no one can be a tougher critic than someone that really loves you and cares the most about you in the world.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/torino/speedskating/2006-02-08-davis-speedskating-focus_x.htm (1186 words)

	No place like home: Davis shines in his adopted community - The Mining Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Davis, a Chicago product, is a 2000 MSHS graduate and returns to Marquette during the summers to train with the USOEC and attend classes at Northern Michigan University.
		Davis is in eighth place entering the final two days of competition, needing strong performances and maybe good fortune to make the short track squad.
		Davis finished by saying that to depend only on fortune for achievement was not in his plans.
	www.miningjournal.net /news/story/1214202005_new03-n1214.asp (626 words)

	ABC News: Davis' Hope of Making 2 Olympic Teams Ends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shani Davis, left, slips and falls in the 1,000-meter semifinals at the U.S. Short Track championships Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Mich. Davis' bid to make both U.S. speedskating teams ended when he fell in the 1,000 meters, the final event of the national short track championships.
		Davis' bid to become the first American skater to pull off the double ended Friday night when he fell in the semifinals of the 1,000 meters, the final event of the national short track championships.
		Davis gave himself hope on the final night with a third-place finish in the 500, his best showing of the week.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1415628&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (474 words)

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		In short-track speedskating, Shani Davis was not dominant.
		Davis considered that a major snub that exacerbated a prior humiliation: Just before the Games, one skater accused two others of cheating to ensure Davis won a place on the team (an arbitrator ruled that the charges were not substantiated).
		Davis and his mother, Cherie Davis, have since charged that the sport's governing body, U.S. Speedskating, tried to stymie his talents and hold back his progress, charges organization officials have vehemently denied.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2006/special_section/day9.html (635 words)

	Midland Daily News - News - 02/24/2003 - Shani Davis attempting to make history this week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shani Davis may be the most groundbreaking world-class American athlete you’ve never heard of.
		Davis claims that his accomplishments have been downplayed by promoters for reasons not entirely clear to him.
		By age six, Davis had joined the Evanston Speedskating Club in Chicago, and at age eight, he was already winning regional championships in his age group.
	www.ourmidland.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=7162402&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472541&rfi=6 (981 words)

	JS Online:Squabble heats the ice
		Shani Davis is attempting to become the first person to make the U.S. Olympic teams in both short-track and long-track speedskating for the 2006 Turin Games.
		Shani Davis of Chicago, a standout in both long-track and short-track speedskating, has seen his athlete agreement terminated by U.S. Speedskating for violating a clause in the contract.
		Cherie Davis said she would pay Shani's way at Northern Michigan, but was surprised when she was told the fee would be $8,000 for room and board, tuition and use of the Olympic Training Facility.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/may05/326647.asp?format=print (1116 words)

	deseretnews.com \| USA's Davis going for Olympic double
		Davis is attempting a historic double leading to the Turin Olympics, hoping to represent the United States in two related but distinctly different events.
		Davis already got a sampling of that when he didn't qualify for the American squad that's been competing on the World Cup circuit this fall.
		Davis' failure to qualify for the World Cup short-track team this year could actually work to his advantage.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635168182,00.html (859 words)

	World Short Track :: the resource for short track speed skating
		This weekend, Derek Parra's 1500m record was erased on the same track by Shani Davis, a skater who is also a member of the US short-track team.
		Davis, who has continued to bounce back and forth between the different worlds of short-track and long-track, lowered the record to 1:43.33 at the North America/Oceania regional qualifier.
		The record was just a highlight of a dominant weekend for Davis, who also set personal bests in winning the 500 and 10,000 to sweep to overall victory in the samalog points system.
	www.worldshorttrack.com /features/news/news.asp?id=173 (130 words)

	Cold pursuit of history driving Shani
		If Shani Davis is seen as a diva, a jerk or a loner by his U.S. teammates, he doesn't care.
		Too, there is the stated belief by the Davises that Shani has been subjected to racism through the years in a predominantly white sport.
		Davis' strongest event, the 1,000, comes Saturday and wouldn't leave him much cushion and rest after a two-day team pursuit, which concludes Thursday evening.
	www.suntimes.com /output/mariotti/cst-spt-jay14.html (1227 words)

	The Olympians: Shani Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Davis is the first African American to make a U.S. speed skating team, but late Saturday he announced he won't be competing in the team pursuit competition.
		Shani Davis deserves to compete on a “level playing field” where all athletes are treated with respect whether they choose to participate in a certain event or not.
		Shani is a medal contender in the 1000m and 1500m longtrack speedskating events.
	www.keithboykin.com /arch/001825.html (5508 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Davis sets record in 1,000 meters
		USA's Shani Davis celebrates his win and new world record in the 1,000 meters as he passes a banner for next year's Winter Olympics on Sunday in Kearns.
		Overcoming a lousy start, Davis skated two of the fastest laps of his life to set a new world record at the Utah Olympic Oval in the 1,000.
		Davis' record was the third world record time recorded Sunday during the final day of racing at the Essent World Cup.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635162887,00.html (725 words)

	JS Online:The right stuff
		If Davis doesn't spread himself too thin in Turin, the experts say, you'll be staring at his picture when you eat your bowl of Wheaties a year from now.
		In that case, Gabel said, Davis would have to choose because it wouldn't be fair to his short-track teammates if he wasn't training with them.
		His mother, Cherie Davis, put him on roller skates when he was 2 1/2 and enrolled him in lessons when he was 5.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/feb05/301009.asp?format=print (1878 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - WMAQ - Shani Davis: Breaking records, barriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Davis began roller skating at age 2 because his mother, Cherie Davis, wanted to find an outlet for her son's active behavior.
		When Shani was 6, Cherie started working for a Chicago attorney, Fred Benjamin, who was a member of U.S. Speed Skating's board of directors.
		In Evanston, Shani was coached by an African-American man and skated with a diverse group of students.
	www.nbcolympics.com /wmaq/speedskating/5064344/detail.html (715 words)

	2005 World All-Around Ice Speed Skating Championships (Report and Results)
		Anni Friesinger (Germany) was the clear winner with the ladies, while the strongest man was Shani Davis (United States), who combines long track and short track, sprint and allround, and was in serious doubt if he was able to perform at all after his recent participation in the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.
		Davis recently set world records in the 1500 m and in the overall point combination.
		Sunday’s 1500 m was American dominated, with a quadruple victory never seen before: Shani Davis, Chad Hedrick, KC Boutiette and Derek Parra, ahead of Uytdehaage, Kramer and Lalenkov.
	www.skatelog.com /ice/speed/2005-world-all-around.htm (1291 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - SI's Cazeneuve: Did they or didn't they? - Wednesday February 13, 2002 ...
		Ohno and Smith were set to skate in the final event of the trials, a 1,000-meter race, with Ron Biondo and Shani Davis.
		O'Hare was not in the final race, so he watched from the side, hoping that with the likes of Ohno and Smith in the race, Davis wouldn't be able to pull off a major upset.
		Davis placed first, with Smith second and Ohno a surprise third.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/news/2002/02/13/cazeneuve_ohno (746 words)

	TIME.com: He's Fire on Ice--and Off It -- Jan. 23, 2006 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dispute centers on the federation's decision to reduce its funding for Davis' training because he wears on his uniform the logo of Netherlands-based bank DSB, which is not an official U.S. speed-skating team sponsor.
		Davis first went on the ice when he was 6.
		The standoff between Davis and the skating establishment widened a bit in December when the skater, who had already qualified for the long-track events, skipped those trials, even after officials had rescheduled them to accommodate his short-track attempt.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1149379,00.html (724 words)

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