Chicago-native Shani Davis takes silver in 1,500

More medals -- but no gold -- for Chicago native Shani Davis.

Davis won silver in 1,500-meter speedskating for the second straight Olympics to go with the two consecutive golds he's earned in the 1,000.

His expected duel with fellow American Chad Hedrick -- an unexpected bronze medalist in the 1,000 -- never materialized. Hedrick faded on his last lap and was sixth in a race won by Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands.

"I just couldn't man up and do it," Davis said. "I wasn't strong enough for the victory."

Vonn settled for bronze in the super-G. Austria's Andrea Fischbacher pulled off the upset, and Tina Maze of Slovenia was the surprise silver medalist. Vonn won the downhill to open her Olympics, then wiped out in the slalom leg of the super-combined.

Tuitert, skating in the third pair from the end, posted a time of 1 minute, 45.57 seconds, then watched nervously as it stood up.

Davis, the world record holder at this distance, went last but had to settle for silver in 1:46.10. Havard Bokko of Norway took the bronze in 1:46.13.

Tuitert came in ranked only fifth on the World Cup circuit at this distance.

"It all came together in this race," he said.

In the 1,500 in Turin, Italy's Enrico Fabris ruined another Davis-Hedrick showdown by winning gold, leaving the Americans to settle for silver and bronze.

"It's the second time in a row that Shani and I have gotten this race stolen from us," Hedrick said. "We go in as heavy favorites each time, and it is some special skater every time that comes in."