Olympic speed skating gold medalist Shani Davis spent a lot of time on the ice growing up at Evanston’s Robert Crown Center. The Daily Northwestern has background on the Evanston Speedskating Club, where he trained and now coaches. And, the Chicago Tribune reports, some of his friends and fans from the center cheered his victory this weekend.

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