whats crazy and no one would believe but i grew up in chicago skating with shani, when we were young we pretty much were dead even, i would win a race and then he would win race , and then i quit he kept with and i often feel like an asshole to myself.
shani davis only likes the dutch media because according to him they give the sport the attention its deserves, and not like the american media who only pay attention to the sport when an american is about to win something. that's why he probably hasn't been op oprah.
oprah is a mancow. and most black kids are obsessed with other sports like basketball. ask an inner city kid about speed skating and they'll probably tell you it's for faggots. it's not their fault. they need more exposure to it.
It really surprises me that more attention isn't given to Shani Davis. It's not like the world is overrun with African-American olympic speed skaters!! Not even Oprah has had him on her show - and he lives in Chicago!!
I met shani davis in vancouver last night. He walked into a Tim Hortons and my drunk friends started chanting his name.
He did a little wave, a little spin, and walked out. I followed him to his car and got a handshake and chatted with him a bit. He seems like a nice guy.
this is bullshit, you dont know him, you should watch the docu that dutch television did with him..
he's a hard working man who doesnt care about money or publicity, he loves his sport and his close friends and family, in Holland we know him as a humble guy who enjoys his sport
thats about it :) dont judge him if you dont know him
He is a Great athlete in his sport, but a self-centered arrogant,selfish jerk. Blowing off Oprah, the combined team event and thinking about nothing more than himself all the time are the reasons this guy is disliked.
He can whine all he wants about the negativity in the press, but he has caused it all himself. He just complains constantly and acts more like a spoiled NBA player than an Olympian - and this has NOTHING to do with his race. Who cares if he is black, white or ... green?
What about academics, what about intelligence? White people are the ones that have come up with the majority of innovations. Black people can have a physical advantage but a big majority of new inventions and ideas come from white people.
Really? You took the time to write that on a speed skating video? Have you taken the time to do research to find out the things blacks have invented that is never acknowledged? What is white? White-American, White-German? White-African? Keep your skin color notions to yourself, it has no validity.
@CarpetMuncher1337: because blacks are better athletes than there the best at everything???....lol good joke i think your getting a little ahead of yourself
he didnt even win gold, i think hes the only black individual winter olympian to medal ever....the only other was jerome iginla for hockey....so blacks havent even dominated all athletics
speedskating is not a teamsport.. we iin Holland arent patriotic at all.. speedskating is our favorite sport.. not only during Olympics.. Shani is a legend.. this race is awesome
I'm so proud to be an American as an African American Thanks to Shani Davis. His achievement is a highlight in black history month and just like Obama, Martin Luthur King, and other famous African Americans WHITE America will find something wrong with an African American who has achieved something like Shani Davis has.
I wouldn't allow this selfish entity compete in the Olympics. Shani Davis is unpatriotic and not a team player! Additionally, he quit the 500m without giving the team notice, so another skater could substitute for him! He just doesn't care about anything, but himself! If you can't see that, then you are blind and walking backwards!
How can you support someone who doesn't care about anyone, but himself?
5GOLD? That's a pretty bald statement. But even more interesting, what sentiments motivate you to come off like that? You put your comment in capital letters to place a very strong enphasis on
your comment. If you wanted to get people's attention you certainly got mine. It's that a prophesy or a wishful thinking?
he may get a gold medal he will never 5 of them like eric heidon back in the day they raced outside in very hard conditions and the elements eric won every event
Of course Shani wont win 5 gold medals because he doesn't ride the 500m, 5k and the 10k. He is a specialist on the 1000m and the 1500
whe wil see sunday morning (in europe's time) But you are right about Heiden, There is a list of the best speed skaters ever= Eric Heiden, Ard Schenk and Johan Olaf Koss and mabey after the Olympics Sven Kramer. Its a Dutch list, The Dutch eat, drink and breath Speedskating also win a dutch rider dousnt win
Heb vannacht echt genoten van Davis, net als Kramer maakt ie het gewoon waar, de 1500 wordt ook fantastisch met Hedrick en Davis, zou mooi zijn als ze elkaar loten
I don't quite understand. Can anyone explain, please? In all of these races, the racers seem to switch lead at every turn. I know the inside track is shorter than the outside track and it seems they switch lanes every corner. What makes Shani so good when it seems the winner doesn't become clear till right before the finish line? It just looks like they just keep switching leads... Any explanations?
youre right.... but... its not actually the "lead" theyre switching.. its just the path. they start in a stagger which makes theyre distance equal... traveling at that speed, there isnt any way they can stay in one lane.
Lol yea you forgot to mention the Williams Sisters too!
Oh, AND F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.
It's crazy, all these privileged sports dominated by white people, then 1 or 2 black people get a chance to learn the sports and compete, and BAM these black people end up dominating and taking the sports to new levels.
It's insane how much black people excel at things when given the opportunity.
... and james "bubba" stewart in motocross, and bla bla blaaaa... everybody can do anything with a good life context (not living in a warzone, not fighting everyday to find something to eat,...) when chance his done, talent and HARD WORK ;)
@xwholemassx well Blks ruled the world once, its just lost in time where whites started stealing and oppressing other. so it was in the beginning so it shall be in the end. Blks are far more athletics than ANY other race of ppl. simple fact y they are hated so muck . Yes BLKs ruled the world once. but you wont learn that in school, cause the truth will always be mask with some kinna lie/deception.
whats crazy and no one would believe but i grew up in chicago skating with shani, when we were young we pretty much were dead even, i would win a race and then he would win race , and then i quit he kept with and i often feel like an asshole to myself.
karatecamel 3 months ago
So based on all the arguments I'm seeing here, blacks are good at sports?
You all would be the first to cry if I made some comment along the same lines as a white male.
Hypocrits.
TheWitchOvAgnesi 9 months ago
shani davis only likes the dutch media because according to him they give the sport the attention its deserves, and not like the american media who only pay attention to the sport when an american is about to win something. that's why he probably hasn't been op oprah.
MarjWas 1 year ago
oprah is a mancow. and most black kids are obsessed with other sports like basketball. ask an inner city kid about speed skating and they'll probably tell you it's for faggots. it's not their fault. they need more exposure to it.
johnpaulspeedsktr 1 year ago
It really surprises me that more attention isn't given to Shani Davis. It's not like the world is overrun with African-American olympic speed skaters!! Not even Oprah has had him on her show - and he lives in Chicago!!
rodentcafeteria 1 year ago
@1:15- he sounds like he's flemming up a lung.
TizzBin 2 years ago 6
I met shani davis in vancouver last night. He walked into a Tim Hortons and my drunk friends started chanting his name.
He did a little wave, a little spin, and walked out. I followed him to his car and got a handshake and chatted with him a bit. He seems like a nice guy.
LiimesLemoons 2 years ago 3
and as an athlete he's a phenomenon.. Usain Bolt on ice :)
Suikeroom 2 years ago
"but a self-centered arrogant,selfish jerk. "
this is bullshit, you dont know him, you should watch the docu that dutch television did with him..
he's a hard working man who doesnt care about money or publicity, he loves his sport and his close friends and family, in Holland we know him as a humble guy who enjoys his sport
thats about it :) dont judge him if you dont know him
Suikeroom 2 years ago 3
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estorpai 2 years ago
He is a Great athlete in his sport, but a self-centered arrogant,selfish jerk. Blowing off Oprah, the combined team event and thinking about nothing more than himself all the time are the reasons this guy is disliked.
He can whine all he wants about the negativity in the press, but he has caused it all himself. He just complains constantly and acts more like a spoiled NBA player than an Olympian - and this has NOTHING to do with his race. Who cares if he is black, white or ... green?
Maxwell2323 2 years ago
dood blowing off oprah is the greatest thing a man can do for the world
empemitheos 2 years ago 4
Not everyone likes Oprah.
HattieLovesCattie 1 year ago
how can so many people completely generalize every aspect of race. Disgusting!
wbrutus22 2 years ago
What about academics, what about intelligence? White people are the ones that have come up with the majority of innovations. Black people can have a physical advantage but a big majority of new inventions and ideas come from white people.
Orela94 2 years ago
Really? You took the time to write that on a speed skating video? Have you taken the time to do research to find out the things blacks have invented that is never acknowledged? What is white? White-American, White-German? White-African? Keep your skin color notions to yourself, it has no validity.
wbrutus22 2 years ago 3
Shani is GREAT!
JuliaPozdina 2 years ago 3
he won back to back gold on the 1000 meter
Suikeroom 2 years ago 2
@CarpetMuncher1337: because blacks are better athletes than there the best at everything???....lol good joke i think your getting a little ahead of yourself
he didnt even win gold, i think hes the only black individual winter olympian to medal ever....the only other was jerome iginla for hockey....so blacks havent even dominated all athletics
no race is perfect...stop acting like a prick
2nuggs1 2 years ago
@skatelandmobile
speedskating is not a teamsport.. we iin Holland arent patriotic at all.. speedskating is our favorite sport.. not only during Olympics.. Shani is a legend.. this race is awesome
Suikeroom 2 years ago 6
@CarpetMuncher1337
rofl its because this is his favourite distance, Davis would probably get lapped 4 or 5 times at a 10 kilometers distance
WrexFenix 2 years ago
I'm so proud to be an American as an African American Thanks to Shani Davis. His achievement is a highlight in black history month and just like Obama, Martin Luthur King, and other famous African Americans WHITE America will find something wrong with an African American who has achieved something like Shani Davis has.
mrdpellis2 2 years ago 3
Shani Davis' own words, "I'm a solo entity."
I wouldn't allow this selfish entity compete in the Olympics. Shani Davis is unpatriotic and not a team player! Additionally, he quit the 500m without giving the team notice, so another skater could substitute for him! He just doesn't care about anything, but himself! If you can't see that, then you are blind and walking backwards!
How can you support someone who doesn't care about anyone, but himself?
skatelandmobile 2 years ago
you obviously don't have a clue about speedskating.
invaderofouterspace 2 years ago
Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon IS THE FASTEST SPEED IN THE 500MM SPRINT NOT SHANI DAVIS
macdaddy1600 2 years ago
THE 500M SRINT RACE shani is not number 1 the 10000 race shani sucks at that and the sprints FOR 30 YEARS ONLY ERIC HEIDON WON ALL THE ALL EVENTS
macdaddy1600 2 years ago
davis is very good BUT HE WILL NEVER GET 5 GOLD MEDALS LIKE ERIC HEIDON
macdaddy1600 2 years ago
macdaddy1600, what is your logic behind
your claim that Davis "WILL NEVER GET
5GOLD? That's a pretty bald statement. But even more interesting, what sentiments motivate you to come off like that? You put your comment in capital letters to place a very strong enphasis on
your comment. If you wanted to get people's attention you certainly got mine. It's that a prophesy or a wishful thinking?
pedrom41 2 years ago 2
he may get a gold medal he will never 5 of them like eric heidon back in the day they raced outside in very hard conditions and the elements eric won every event
macdaddy1600 2 years ago
Of course Shani wont win 5 gold medals because he doesn't ride the 500m, 5k and the 10k. He is a specialist on the 1000m and the 1500
whe wil see sunday morning (in europe's time) But you are right about Heiden, There is a list of the best speed skaters ever= Eric Heiden, Ard Schenk and Johan Olaf Koss and mabey after the Olympics Sven Kramer. Its a Dutch list, The Dutch eat, drink and breath Speedskating also win a dutch rider dousnt win
Sorry for the bad Englisch
1973stefant 2 years ago
I like cheese.
fleshart 2 years ago
Heb vannacht echt genoten van Davis, net als Kramer maakt ie het gewoon waar, de 1500 wordt ook fantastisch met Hedrick en Davis, zou mooi zijn als ze elkaar loten
deze wissel tegen Lobkov blijft legendarisch!
Suikeroom 2 years ago
black this white that...MAAAAN!!!...can we all just get along....lol...
Numix 2 years ago 6
THANK YOU!
blkchk 2 years ago
I don't quite understand. Can anyone explain, please? In all of these races, the racers seem to switch lead at every turn. I know the inside track is shorter than the outside track and it seems they switch lanes every corner. What makes Shani so good when it seems the winner doesn't become clear till right before the finish line? It just looks like they just keep switching leads... Any explanations?
sunzoo1 2 years ago
youre right.... but... its not actually the "lead" theyre switching.. its just the path. they start in a stagger which makes theyre distance equal... traveling at that speed, there isnt any way they can stay in one lane.
kingdavidhtown 2 years ago
Thank you.
sunzoo1 2 years ago
Like Chris Rock said about black people and hockey: "once they make a heated hockey rink we gonna take over that shit too!"
White people better hope not too many black people migrate to winter sports or they'll lose their domination.
mrbrockpeters 2 years ago 5
it looks scary.
sweetbiella 2 years ago
looks fun
storm1580 2 years ago
their arms look long as hell!
Capri842 2 years ago
For all you haters, we taking over! Davis is hot right now, so give him his honor. USA
andrethetruth 2 years ago 5
eric heidon was the best HANDS DOWN
macdaddy1600 2 years ago
Yea he WAS the best, than Shani Davis came along.
But ROFL @ these black athletes dominating and excelling in privileged sports.
Tiger Woods, one of the very few black golfers and he becomes THE best.
Shani Davis, prob the only male black inline skater from 10000's of whites, and he becomes THE best.
mrusername 2 years ago 9
Lol yea you forgot to mention the Williams Sisters too!
Oh, AND F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.
It's crazy, all these privileged sports dominated by white people, then 1 or 2 black people get a chance to learn the sports and compete, and BAM these black people end up dominating and taking the sports to new levels.
It's insane how much black people excel at things when given the opportunity.
xwholemassx 2 years ago 12
... and james "bubba" stewart in motocross, and bla bla blaaaa... everybody can do anything with a good life context (not living in a warzone, not fighting everyday to find something to eat,...) when chance his done, talent and HARD WORK ;)
ankhamon2000 2 years ago 2
@xwholemassx well Blks ruled the world once, its just lost in time where whites started stealing and oppressing other. so it was in the beginning so it shall be in the end. Blks are far more athletics than ANY other race of ppl. simple fact y they are hated so muck . Yes BLKs ruled the world once. but you wont learn that in school, cause the truth will always be mask with some kinna lie/deception.
Tamayo1980 1 year ago
@xwholemassx True Indeed! ...Dominant Species on the Planet.
moorishbelle 1 year ago
wow holy shit
Viruspirate 2 years ago
USA!
Steadno 2 years ago
Wow!
TheDimitarberbatov 2 years ago
that sounds like a record being played backwards. wtf?
orginunknown 2 years ago
Alleen shorttrackers:D
Shorttrack & Davis:D
Mylzink 2 years ago
ik ben zo'n fan van deze man heh
Suikeroom 2 years ago
WooW
MaxiCosi07 2 years ago
is it just me, or are all ice skating matches drom dutch television :P
kippetjetoktok 3 years ago 5
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Morrison is better!!
leonfeddemaa 3 years ago
"Ooit wordt-ie het wel, wereldkampioen sprint'!" Aldus de commentator. The new Uri Geller?
PamelTube 3 years ago
nu ook wereldkampioen sprint!!! go Shani :)
Suikeroom 3 years ago
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VeldigdeiligfraNorge 3 years ago
best racer of the 1000 en the 1500m
mastro124 3 years ago 2
lol its Fro Zone! As you can tell they modeled that character from The Incredibles from his skating style!
signalsoldier 3 years ago 2
Hey Shani- Great job winning the world 1500 and 1000 last week. You are the BOMB!! Nanny, Dai-Dai, Rai, and Jaleel. We love you!!!!
Nanadsyl 4 years ago 3
best race ever!
rodion77 4 years ago 3
damn, thats crazy, short track skills there...
chealvaarside 4 years ago 3
Daves is cool!! Very good ice skater and also a great personality!!! Stay in Holland! ;-)
Monique707 4 years ago 4
what a great skater! black man on ice! respect!
chriswegkamp 4 years ago 3
Wow! Shani is amazing! :D I was there but didn't saw it good.. but great to see it back now here! Shani rulezzz :D
tuttifrutti163 4 years ago 4