Sonny Davis' file

In the history of the 20th Nisha Winter Olympics, only one black athlete won the gold medal, and that was American male speed skater Shani Davis.

Davis was born in Chicago, USA, and is a fellow countryman with NBA air Jordan. When he was a child, he was obsessed with basketball, worshipped Jordan and dreamed of becoming Jordan's successor. At the age of seven, he said that he wanted to be an athlete, and his parents agreed with him, but his mother did not hesitate to take him to the skating rink, which broke his basketball dream. Davis turned out to be an excellent skater and soon stood out among his friends. Later, he was selected into the national short track speed skating team, trained with Honnore, a two-time gold medalist in the Winter Olympics, and became good friends. He successfully qualified for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, but he was not selected for the main team. This made him feel very disappointed and complained a lot when talking to his mother. Mother comforted him: son, don't be depressed. Work hard and everything will be fine.

After returning to Chicago, Davis continued to work hard and made remarkable progress. In February, 2005, he won the men's 5000-meter relay championship in Beijing Short Track Speed Skating World Championships, which greatly enhanced his confidence. By the time of the Winter Olympics in Turin, he was already a world master with very mature technology and psychology, and winning the gold medal was in the bag. It is worth mentioning that before him, two athletes with dark skin won gold medals in the Winter Olympics. They are Canadian men's ice hockey player Igira and American double sleigh player Fraus, but both of them are black and white hybrids, and only Davis is really black.

Like many Americans, Davis is very humorous. His success is partly due to a good name, Nisha. Davis explained that the name was given by my father, which means "light" in Hindi. Probably thanks to this name, I am 1.88 meters tall and can easily maintain the standard weight of a speed skater-84 kilograms.

Davis, who galloped on the speed skating track, won many nicknames, among which "Dream Master" and "Davis Baby" were called the most. He said he liked "Little Davis" best because he sounded very young. He said, "I feel like a child. I like people asking me,' Nisha, when will you grow up?' "When he said this, Davis laughed my head off, and almost all 32 teeth were exposed.