By Robert Laurie —— Bio and Archives February 8, 2018
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I am an American and when I won the 1000m in 2010 I became the first American to 2-peat in that event. @TeamUSA dishonorably tossed a coin to decide its 2018 flag bearer. No problem. I can wait until 2022. #BlackHistoryMonth2018 #PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/dsmTtNkhJs
— Shani Davis (@ShaniDavis) February 8, 2018
Tweet from account US speedskater @ShaniDavis rips coin toss that gave flagbearer honor to luger Erin Hamlin, refers to #BlackHistoryMonth ? @bytimreynolds https://t.co/TdwY8Ii7qR
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 8, 2018
US speed skater Shani Davis says the coin toss that decided luger Erin Hamlin will be flag bearer at the Winter Olympics was "dishonorably" done https://t.co/z5KKd0nCyT pic.twitter.com/emg57qarPI
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 8, 2018
U.S. speedskater Shani Davis tweets that the process to choose Team USA's Olympic flagbearer was executed "dishonorably" https://t.co/K0I4bCeEu6 pic.twitter.com/EZGk1I1uO2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 8, 2018
So, remember. Tie-breaking coin tosses are now racist and their results have something to do with honor and Black History Month. What exactly that is? ...I'm not entirely sure. But I figured you'd want to be made aware of today's 'thing that is racist but really isn't.'U.S. speedskater Shani Davis tweets that he's upset with selection of flag bearer for Olympics. https://t.co/157uQ8VDaw pic.twitter.com/YM3l4jSLZb
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) February 8, 2018
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