All Systems Go for 2012-13 Season
20 October 2012 - Salt Lake City, USA The countdown is underway to the start of the international racing season and all-world speedskater Shani Davis is ready. With under 500 days remaining before the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,...
Shani On Shani…from the Heart
31 March 2012 - Chicago, USA Two years down, two years to go [to Sochi 2014]. At the half-way point of no return, I find myself tired and unmotivated. After each competitive season, putting everything into every race, I should feel this way:...
Shani Shares in World Championship Silver
25 March 2012 - Heerenveen, THE NETHERLANDS Racing with his U.S. teammates, Shani Davis was able to find a silver lining in an otherwise overcast World Championships. Shani and his Illinois brethren, Jonathan Kuck and Brian Hansen, skated to the Team Pursuit...
Shani Wins World Cup 1000m Final, Overall Title
11 March 2012 - Berlin, GERMANY In a thrilling conclusion to the World Cup season, Shani Davis won the 1000m WC Final and overcame a deficit in the season points standings to claim his career 5th Overall World Cup title at the distance. It was also Shani's...
Shani Closes in on 50 World Cup Wins
4 March 2012 - Heerenveen, THE NETHERLANDS Shani Davis is soon to became only the second man to reach 50 wins on the World Cup circuit after a crucial 1000m victory in the cradle of speedskating. Racing in front of a legion of orange-clad fans in a must-win...
Shani Triumphs at Thialf, Extends WC Lead
2 March 2012 - Heerenveen, The NETHERLANDS Shani Davis continues to deliver when the stakes are highest. Racing in the final pairing at a hallowed venue in a speedskating-crazed nation, Shani earned a crucial second-straight 1500m victory on the World Cup...
Shani Tops WC 1500m Podium, Leaderboard
12 February 2012 - Hamar, NORWAY Shani Davis continues to gather momentum on the 2012 campaign trail. In a pivotal World Cup race at Norway's hallowed Vikingskipet, Shani's first 1500m victory of the season moved him to the top of the overall 1500m...
Gold & Silver for Shani at World Sprints
29 January 2012 - Calgary, CANADA Shani Davis picked up two more World Sprint Championship medals to add to his lifetime collection. Racing in the first of two 1000m contests here, Shani showed the form that twice earned him Olympic Gold: Winning in...
Shani Sets New U.S. Standard in Salt Lake City
22 January 2012 - Salt Lake City, USA Sprinting to two World Cup wins in the city where his Olympic career began, Shani Davis passed U.S. hall-of-famer Dan Jansen for most career speedskating World Cup victories by an American male. Showing sleek form and...
Shani Rules the Middle at U.S. Championships
18 December 2011 - Milwaukee USA Shani Davis is skating on solid ice again. On the heels of a sub-par fall World Cup campaign, the two-time Olympic Champion and nine-time World Champion got some of his mojo back, picking up more golden hardware from the...
Fall World Cup Series Finishes in Netherlands
[AP Photo] 4 Dec. 2011 - Heerenveen, NETHERLANDS As he did in Kazhakstan a week earlier, Shani Davis won the skirmish but not the battle. In the final pairing of the third World Cup 1500m event here, Davis out-skated the World Cup points leader, The...
Shani Improves Standing in Kazakhstan
27 November 2011 - Astana, KAZAKHSTAN Shani Davis gained a measure of redemption at the season's second World Cup. Despite a rare podium miss in the competition's opening 1500 meter event, Shani moved closer to the overall World Cup lead by prevailing in the...