Shani Shadiness

quite a team player we have here in shani davis. that was sarcasm, people. the long-track speed skater decided not to participate in the olympic team pursuit event on wednesday. chad hedrick and two others had to carry the weight instead, and failed to qualify for the semifinals. 35-year-old kc boutiette was one of the other two skaters. he lagged off the end of the three-man team as they finished, giving italy the victory. with davis, the u.s. team would've been nearly a lock to advance and were toted as gold-medal favorites before davis announced he would not skate the team event. he told reporters he didn't want to skate the pursuit because he wanted to save his energy for his individual events, the next of which is the 1,000m on saturday. he also insisted that he was giving other u.s. skaters the opportunity to compete in the team pursuit. it's true that there is no 'i' in 'team.' unfortunately, there are two in shani davis.