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Shani Davis Says USA 'Dishonorably Tossed a Coin to Decide Its 2018 Flag Bearer'
Bleacher Report ^ | 2/8/2018 | Mike Chiari

Posted on 02/08/2018 7:49:03 AM PST by simpson96

American speedskater Shani Davis criticized Team USA's flag-bearer selection process in a tweet Thursday morning.

After luger Erin Hamlin was chosen as the United States' representative for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Davis wrote the following:

Shani Davis‏Verified account @ShaniDavis

I am an American and when I won the 1000m in 2010 I became the first American to 2-peat in that event. @TeamUSA dishonorably tossed a coin to decide its 2018 flag bearer. No problem. I can wait until 2022. #BlackHistoryMonth2018 #PyeongChang2018

According to the Associated Press, Hamlin and Davis were two of the eight candidates to carry the flag. A 4-4 deadlock in the voting led to a coin flip, which resulted in Hamlin winning the right to be flag-bearer.

The United States Olympic Committee made it known that voters were aware of a coin flip being the final tiebreaker if no majority decision could be reached.

(Excerpt) Read more at bleacherreport.com ...


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KEYWORDS: erinhamlin; racecard; waaaaaaaaaahmbulance
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To: bramps

One wonders if she would have called the coin toss dishonorable had she won.


41 posted on 02/08/2018 10:07:46 AM PST by Chuckster (There is no government solution to government corruption.)
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To: Chuckster

Oops! I mean “He”


42 posted on 02/08/2018 10:09:09 AM PST by Chuckster (There is no government solution to government corruption.)
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To: simpson96

Us’in rednecks up here in Central NY ( the ones Cuomo told us to leave?) are very proud of Erin Hamlin and hopes she does well on her final entry . She is retiring after this Olympics.


43 posted on 02/08/2018 10:14:28 AM PST by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: simpson96

No surprise here, right out of the Maxine Waters playbook.


44 posted on 02/08/2018 10:20:34 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Red Badger

“Honorable” would have been “give it to the black guy to make-up for his 300 years of oppression”.


45 posted on 02/08/2018 12:34:56 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PJBankard

Slightly off-topic, female lugers fascinate me.

What is it that possesses an intelligent, attractive young woman to lie-down on a flexible flyer and then hurl herself down a bobsled track at 80 MPH?


46 posted on 02/08/2018 12:36:01 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: grobdriver

>> Then quit flapping your lips.<<

LIPS? Be careful how you use that word.


47 posted on 02/08/2018 12:53:32 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat ( Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

>>She lost the coin toss, move on lady<<

Probably a Janus coin but with tails on both sides.


48 posted on 02/08/2018 12:56:26 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat ( Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: simpson96

This guy is just one more petty sexist, upset because a woman won the coin toss....


49 posted on 02/08/2018 9:05:58 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: simpson96; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; KC_Lion; bagster; Bender2; ...

Well duh, I mean the coin had a white dude’s head on it, right? Raaaaaaaacisssssssss!


50 posted on 02/09/2018 4:36:37 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy
I am offended at this cultural appropriation.

There is no ice in Africa.

51 posted on 02/09/2018 7:53:08 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: bagster

52 posted on 02/09/2018 3:13:44 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy

I stand corrected. :)


53 posted on 02/09/2018 7:13:05 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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