Shani Davis begins his fifth Olympic journey in two speedskating events next week at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Chicagoan has four Olympic medals to his name, including back to back golds. Davis is expected to compete in the 1,500-meter and 1,000-meter events starting on Tuesday.

Davis, 35, is the world record holder at two distances, a 10-time world champion and the all-time leader in world cup points. He moved from the South Side to the Rogers Park neighborhood to be nearer to the Evanston Speedskating Club, where he started training at age 6. He later moved to Lake Placid, New York at age 16 and Marquette, Michigan a year later.

Davis qualified for his first Olympics in 2002 on the short track team. He became the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Davis earned his second gold in the 1,000-meter in Vancouver in 2010, becoming the first man to ever repeat at the event. He finished 11th at the 2014 Olympics and at last year's world championship in 1,500 meters. In 1,000 meters he finished fifth at the world championship and eighth in Sochi, Russia four years ago.