U.S. speed skater Erin Jackson wins gold and makes history 02:25. Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.A gold one, at that. Jackson won ...

We know who we’ll be rooting for at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Erin Jackson just made history as the first African-American woman to make the U.S.A.’s long-track speed skating team — and if ...

Black Speed Skater Inspires D.C. Kids to Compete Four years ago, Olympic speed skater Shani Davis said he was lonely being the only black man on a traditionally white team.

The speed skater, 29, won gold Sunday in the women's 500m with a time of 37.04, becoming the first Black woman to win an individual medal in the event, according to Team USA.

Jackson, 29, joins fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athlete to win an Olympic medal in speed skating. The Florida native slipped at the U.S. trials and was in jeopardy of losing her ...

She was the first Black woman to make it on to Team USA as a speed skater. Despite being ranked No. 1 in the world, Jackson's return to the Olympics was not guaranteed.

Jackson’s athletic career started off with inline skating and roller derby. By the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she qualified for the 500m speed skating event as the first Black woman to ...

Along with compatriot and fellow pioneer Shani Davis — the first black male short track speed skater, back in 2002 — Biney and Jackson will add a distinct flavor to sport’s greatest winter ...

At the 2018 PyeongChang Games, Maame Biney‘s set to take her place in history next to the aforementioned greats as the first black woman to be on the U.S. Olympic speed skating team. “I’m ...

If that wasn't impressive enough, the 29-year-old Florida native also made history by becoming the first Black woman to win Team USA a gold medal in speed skating. "Olympic Champion," Erin wrote ...

Maame Biney, the first Black woman to make the U.S. Olympic short-track speed skating team, is skating for herself this Olympics.

The last American female speed skater to win gold in the 500m was Bonnie Blair, who secured three consecutive Olympic medals for Team USA in 1988, 1992, and 1994.