Word: shani
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Shani Davis has always set his own course. While most boys in his South Side Chicago neighborhood were trying to shoot hoops like Michael Jordan, Davis was lacing on skates and speeding around an ice rink. His buddies teased him for dedicating himself to a sport that seemed so white. "A lot of kids made fun of [speed skating] because it wasn't a thing you could do to get rich," says Davis...
...SHANI SAMLAL Age 19 Queens "Well, initially (I was concerned) due to all the speculations and warnings and stuff, but those have been around for a while, so I guess it's more wondering what might happen, if something does, but nothing out of the ordinary. I'm not sure, really. I don't want to predict something and have it come true. I'm probably just going to stay in Queens; I'm probably not going to be around the city. It's nothing due to the warnings or anything...
...addition to high expectations, Ohno has had to deal with the burden of race-fixing accusations from the U.S. Olympic trials. Tommy O’Hare, a 1998 Olympian, accused Ohno and Smith of working together during the trials to make sure their friend, Shani Davis, made the team at O’Hare’s expense. Biondo backed up O’Hare’s claims...
...school and interrupting training runs with pizza binges. In December a skater named Tommy O'Hare alleged that Ohno and fellow U.S. medal hopeful Rusty Smith, who had already qualified for the American team, tanked the 1,000-m short-track final at the Olympic trials so their friend Shani Davis could finish first and make the team instead of O'Hare. Despite some damning evidence, an arbitrator exonerated Ohno, but the mini-scandal is a reminder that even with his prodigious talent, Ohno is no sure thing...
...speak with either Pomey or Gomes. Co-Producers Demashkieh and Joshua N. Bress ’02 were also present, as were Vice President Cara L. New ’01-’02, and Gomes’ former supervisor Man and Woman of the Year Chair Libby Shani...