Shani Davis
Speed Skater
Makowsky earns first World Cup speedskating medal...1,500-metre speed skating event. Shani Davis of the United States won the gold medal in a time of one minute 44.27 seconds - more than a full second ahead of Makowsky, who stopped the clock in 1:45.40. Norway's Havard Bokko finished third... In this article: World Cup, Hamar, Ottawa, Detainee, Clara Hughes, Martina Sablikova, Canwest News Service, Shani Davis, and Kristina Groves |
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USATODAY.com | November 13, 2009
Davis wins speedskating event in Netherlands; Timmer falls
Davis wins speedskating event in Netherlands; Timmer falls HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) Shani Davis of the United States set a track record in the 1,500 meters Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time...
In this article: Marianne Timmer, World Cup, Netherlands, Jenny Wolf, All rights reserved, Annette Gerritsen, and Keiichiro Nagashima
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San Jose Mercury News | November 15, 2009
Santa Clara wins shootout, advances in NCAA women's soccer
...three portions to triumph in ice dance. Shani Davis of the United States won the 1,000-meter World Cup speedskating race in Heerenveen, Netherlands, for his second individual victory of the weekend. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Marianne...
In this article: NCAA, World Cup, Oklahoma State, Kim Yu-Na, Paris Masters, Stanford, Marianne Timmer, and Michael Phelps
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | November 15, 2009
'Wowww-w-w': Wie gets first LPGA win
...of the US finished 18th and 19th, respectively . . . Shani Davis won the 1,000-meter World Cup speedskating race in Heerenveen, Netherlands, for his second individual victory of the weekend. The racing was overshadowed by the news that...
In this article: Michelle Wie, Stephen Ames, Michael Phelps, Diego Maradona, World Cup, LPGA, Marreese Speights, and Novak Djokovic
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Davis wins World Cup 1,000 in course record in Berlin
Davis wins World Cup 1,000 in course record in Berlin BERLIN (AP) Shani Davis of the United States shattered the course record in winning the 1,000-meter race at the season-opening speedskating World Cup on Friday. Davis clocked 1 minute,...
In this article: Berlin, All rights reserved, World Cup, Martina Sablikova, Claudia Pechstein, Anni Friesinger, and USA Today
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 15, 2009
Davis wins World Cup 1,000-metre race
...and that she will probably miss the Vancouver Games. Davis added to his 1,500m win on Friday and was also in the US team that tied for first with the Netherlands in the men's pursuit. Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the women's 1,000 in...
In this article: Marianne Timmer, World Cup, Annette Gerritsen, Christine Nesbitt, Netherlands, Heerenveen, Turin, and Chad Hedrick
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Shani Davis continues World Cup winning streak
...minute, 8.48 seconds to edge Simon Kuipers of Netherlands. Davis won the 1,500 on Friday and was also on the U.S. team that tied for first with the Netherlands in the men's pursuit. Kuipers finished in 1:09.06 and Mo Tae-Bum of South Korea...
In this article: Marianne Timmer, World Cup, Simon Kuipers, Christine Nesbitt, Netherlands, Annette Gerritsen, Vancouver Olympics, and Canada
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BBC News | November 03, 2009
TV star sponsors US speedskaters
...32 of them gold, in Olympic speedskating history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the US team will include Shani Davis, Chad Hedrick and short track star Apolo Anton Ohno. "On their enormous, billboard thighs, it will say...
In this article: US, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Vancouver, Bankruptcy, Chad Hedrick, and Apolo Anton Ohno
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Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American speed skater who competes in both short track and long track speed skating.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport (1,000 m) and the fifth black Winter Olympics medalist. He also won the silver in the 1,500 m. He won the allround World Allround Championships in both 2005 and 2006, after winning the silver medal in 2004, and won the World Single Distance Championships 1,500 m in 2004. Davis has set a total of five world records, three of them standing as of end-of-season 2006: 1:07.03 in the 1,000 m, 1:42.68 in the 1,500 m, and 145.742 in the allround samalog.
Davis is noted for his stature. At 6'2" (188 cm), he is the tallest American speed skater. Since 2002, Davis has trained out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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