The First Black Olympic Speed-Skater Qualifies
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Sports; Biography
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On this date in 2001, Shani Davis became the first Black to qualify for the United States Olympic speed-skating team. Davis, a former roller skater from Chicago, beat his close friend and world cup champion, Apolo Ohno, in the 1,000-meter short-track final held in Kearns, Utah, qualifying for the 2002 Salt Lake Games.
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