American Shani Davis Takes Speedskating Gold

Turin winner defends his title in 1,000 meters
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Feb 17, 2010 7:54 PM CST
American Shani Davis Takes Speedskating Gold
American Shani Davis celebrates his gold medal in the 1,000-meter speed-skating event.   (AP Photo)

Shani Davis won his second consecutive gold medal in men's 1,000-meter speedskating tonight at the Vancouver Olympics. Davis, 27, defended the title he won 4 years ago in Turin, when he became the first African-American to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Games. Mo Tae-bum of South Korea took silver, 18 hundredths of a second behind Davis' winning time of 1:08.94. American Chad Hedrick won bronze in 1:09.32. (More Shani Davis stories.)

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