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Good News in History, February 18
20 years ago today, American speed skater Shani Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in Winter Olympic history for...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, February 18
20 years ago today, American speed skater Shani Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in Winter Olympic history for an individual event, winning the men's 1,000-meter in Italy. He also won a silver medal in the 1500-meter race. Four years later at the Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, he repeated the feat, and became the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in the 1000 meters, and repeating as the 1500-meter silver medalist, too. WATCH him win the gold... (2006)


























