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spt_oly_davis_profile.sTitle = "Spotlight on: Shani Davis";
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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "Shani Davis recently made an unsuccessful run at making the U.S. Olympic team in short track. Davis' focus now turns to long track where he and teammate Chad Hedrick will go head-to-head in Turin.";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Shani Davis was born on Friday, August 13, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. By age six, Davis switched his roller skates to ice skates. By age eight, he was already winning regional competitions in his age group and started hearing about the Olympic ideal from his Northbrook competitors and friends. Davis has won five National Age Group Championships in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2003. At age 17, Davis became the first U.S. skater to earn spots on both the U.S. short-track and long-track junior world teams.<br>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2001 &#151; Davis finishes 6th at the U.S. short-track championships.<p><br>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Davis has enjoyed success in both disciplines of speedskating ever since he set foot on the track. After qualifying for the Olympics in short track in 2002, Davis started making noise on the senior circuit. He became the U.S. long-track all-around champion in 2003 and posted a repeat performance in 2004. <p>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2005 &#151; Davis wins world all-around championships in long track";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Davis was basically a nobody at the 2002 Games after he qualified for the U.S. short-track team amid controversy. Teammates Apolo Anton Ohno and Rusty Smith, were accused of fixing a race at the U.S. trials in order to get Davis on the team.  A protest was filed and was upheld by an arbitrator.<p>What has he done since then? You could call it pure domination. Davis has turned himself from average speedskater to one of the best in the world at long track by breaking world records and becoming the 2005 all-around champion. <p>It's pretty much a certainty that Davis will medal in Turin, but the real story will be the matchup between him and fellow teammate Chad Hedrick.<p><p><p><p>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><li>Favorite comedian is Tom Green<br><li>Poured soup in a nun's pocket when he was two years old<p><br>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Davis on growing up as a speedskater: \"I always went against the grade. I didn&#146;t care what people said. That&#146;s skin deep. I did what I like.\"<p>";

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spt_oly_davis_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Notable accomplishments</b><br><li>2005 long-track world all-around champion<br><li>Three-time U.S. long track all-around champion (2003-2005)<br><li>2004 long-track world 1,500 meters champion<br>";

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