I was watching the Olympics with my parents tonight and we were all shocked at what we saw. Here is this guy, Shani Davis, who was about to do something that no one had even done in Olympic history; he was defending his gold medal for the second Olympics in a row. Have you guys heard of him? I'd seen glimpses of him on commercials, but I never saw a commercial for him like I saw for Apolo Ohno or for Shaun White.
This guy trained himself and the commentators said that he has the best turn of any speed skater. Those two things alone, say to me that this guy should have gotten some publicity. My mom told me that last night, when she was watching the Olympics, the commentators were listing who we should watch tonight, and they said Shani as if it were an after thought. I know that sometimes I'm easily confused, and this may be one of the times, but why wasn't this guy shown more.
So let's recap: first person ever to win back to back gold medals in speed skating, best turn of any speed skater and he trained himself. I'm not alone here, right? Well, maybe now he'll get some sponsors. Perhaps Gatorade....
No, we'll find out he fights dogs or they'll do a back story on his rough childhood in the projects, even though he's upper middle class. (I don't know that to be true I'm just speculating)
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