Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal ... The 29-year-old Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics ...

US speed skater Erin Jackson won the women’s 500m gold medal at the Winter Olympics in a time of 37.04 on Sunday. Jackson almost missed competing in the 500m at the Olympics after she had ...

Team USA's Erin Jackson made history, becoming the first Black woman to win a speed skating medal by taking home gold in the women's 500m final in Beijing on Sunday. Jackson, the No. 1-ranked ...

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HARBIN, China, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- Lee Na-hyun grabbed bronze in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in northeast China on Tuesday for her fourth medal of the ...

Heather Richardson of the United states skates in the women’s 500-meter race of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Nagano, central Japan,Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ...

“Becoming a speed skater gave me confidence in my body because ... “Being an athlete in a male dominant sport, we (women) are able to show that no, we can do as much as the guys can do.

After the final pair skated, Jackson became the first individual gold medalist for the United States in long track speed skating since Shani Davis in 2010. No American woman had won a gold medal ...

Speed skating is an Olympic sport that requires tremendous amounts of explosivity, balance and endurance. There are a total of 14 different events for both men and women that range in distance.