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Posted on 02/09/2018 3:56:33 AM PST by SMGFan
Shani Davis, the churlish speed skating star who's no stranger to Olympic controversy, blasted Team USA team on Thursday after he lost a coin flip to determine the flag-bearer for Friday's Opening Ceremony of the Winter Games. Erin Hamlin, who in 2014 became the first American woman to ever medal in luge, won the honor to lead the U.S. delegation into Pyeongchang.
On Friday morning, Martin Rogers of USA TODAY Sports reported that Davis is not expected to walk in the Opening Ceremony.
The 35-year-old, who's won four Olympic medals and was the first black athlete to ever win gold in an individual event, insinuated that his credentials should have given him the honor of carrying the American flag.
His #BlackHistoryMonth2018 hashtag carried other implications. Hamlin, who is white, was among eight American athletes nominated as flag-bearer - one from each federation. After multiple rounds of voting, the final tally ended 4-4, whereupon a coin was flipped to decide the outcome. The tiebreaking procedure had been decided upon last year. No one found it dishonorable at the time.
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He can just go and join the Russians for all i care.
Between Hamlin and Davis, it seems like Davis is the one who is behaving like a ‘luger’. :)
“The fix here...would have been to hand every single athlete a flag and let them all walk in.”
Then give every athlete a participation medal, just to be fair.
Why doesn’t he just say he hates Olympic opening ceremonies? I do.
Already being spun as racist.
His four votes were the final result. He was probably nominated by one group and gained the votes of others during the balloting rounds. The same thing most likely happened with the other athlete as well.
Another carrier of NFS Negro Fatigue Syndrome. NFS drains the spirit of patriotic Americans of every color.
The comments at that article blast the author and his racist views.
I’m surprised they are still online.
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Shani is a HE? Okay, I am NOT up on all of this Olympic stuff.
He’s a petulant little jerk. I’m looking forward to him coming home empty handed.
I sense there might be an opportunity for a flowchart or graphic here...:)
Well, I’ve got to hand it Chris Chase. First time I can ever remember voluntarily clicking on an MSN article.
“Olympic disgrace” is not the proper term, though.
Shani Davis is a human disgrace.
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