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 ...

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 ...

Erin Jackson was the first Black woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics when she captured the 500 meters at Beijing Games in 2022. Olympic champion speedskater Erin Jackson leads the way ...

Erin Jackson, 29, became the first Black woman to earn a gold medal in speed skating for the United States on Sunday. Jackson claims the prestigious honor for her performance in the women’s 500 ...

Jackson is the “the first Black American woman to win a World Cup speed skating race…[and also] ranked No. 1 in the world in the 500,” and her accomplishments in the sport are even more ...