Posted on 02/23/2018 11:05:25 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
GANGNEUNG, South Korea – It ended with a duck and a dodge, which was sad. Shani Davis deserved better than that. He finished seventh in what was probably the final race of his Olympic career, and then he ducked out of the rink without walking though the mixed zone so that he could dodge the media. As athlete crimes go, this was a parking ticket. Not a big deal. But by doing it, Davis robbed himself.
Maybe he doesn’t care about a grand sendoff. More likely, he didn’t trust us to give him one, and that is what is sad: After four Olympics and one of the great American careers in the history of the Games, Davis still feels unappreciated. It’s a good thing speed-skating ovals don’t have corners. Davis would see an enemy around every one.
So let’s say what we mean, whether he believes it or not: Shani Davis is an American Olympic legend. He was the first black athlete to win individual gold in the Winter Olympics. He has won two gold medals and two silvers, and he competed in four Olympics.
His seventh-place finish here is actually another testament to his greatness. There were 26 skaters in this event. Davis, 35, was the oldest. The three medalists are 28, 25 and 23. And still he finished seventh.
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Don’t leave angry.
Just leave.
You mad bro?
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Great - I don’t think so. Good - sure, he won 4 medals. Great is Phelps at 28 medals and we have many others who have been in more Olympics and had more success. Then, take into account attitude, meh.
"...His seventh-place finish here is actually another testament to his greatness. There were 26 skaters in this event. Davis, 35, was the oldest. The three medalists are 28, 25 and 23. And still he finished seventh...
Wow. A seventh place finish after running his mouth. What a testimonial to his greatness.
Perhaps if he weren't governed by the color of his skin and let that control his mouth and actions, his countrymen would have embraced him.
As it is, the vast majority of people will just forget about him. A year from now he will be an unknown.
You must not be paying attention — Phelps doesn’t count since he won all of his medals because of white privilege.
dey shudda left him curry da flag
He is actually...
But only because of melanin content.
yo yo yo you mad tho! :-)))
Good riddance. Had he been white no one would have known his name.
Good riddance. Had he been white no one would have known his name.
YAWN
If only he left politics out of it, said congrats to the flag bearer and expressed how happy he was getting another crack at gold maybe we would have celebrated him.
Instead the POS will be remembered as a POS. Want to know what impressed me? The Nigerian’s women’s bobsled team.
Why had no one heard of him until his "coin flips are racist" snit?
GREAT?
Please.
Yes, but he’s a Negro in a Whitey sport.
Sorry, but for his sport, he is... The only man EVER to win the Olympic 1000 meters speed skating event twice in a row.
His ridiculous claims of racism keeping him from being the flag bearer were stupid and idiotic, but it doesn’t take away from his accomplishments.
I am personally disappointed by his decision to try to play the race card over a coin toss... But I am also disappointed by those here belittling him and his accomplishments.
Both are wrong.
Your ignorance of who he is falls on you.
He is the only man ever to have won Olympic gold in the 1000 meter speed skating event back to back.
The Olympics are full of successful athletes the typical american cannot name, because their sports aren’t what play during prime time... that doesn’t mean they are not great athletes.
Yes, him playing the race card over a coin toss was stupid and petty, but those belittling his accomplishments here are just as wrong.
The nevertrump nitwit jocks on the US Olympics team all view Trump as Hitler and viewed these as the 1936 Olympics. And it didn't work out for them. Good riddance. Fade out like a bad fart, jackasses. Thanks rightwingintelligentsia.
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