Erin Jackson Of US 1st Black Woman To Win Speedskating Gold
Feb 13, 2022, 2:12 PM | Updated: 11:35 pm
BEIJING (AP) — Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.
A gold one. Jackson won the 500 meters with a time of 37.04 seconds to give the American speedskating program its first speedskating medal of the Beijing Games and first individual medal since 2010.
But this one meant much more than national pride.
ERIN JACKSON WINS IT!
Relive her brilliant speed skating performance to win GOLD for @TeamUSA. 🥇 #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/S1hY76c9ii
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 13, 2022
The 29-year-old Jackson joins fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athletes to win speedskating medals at the Olympics.
🥇 ERIN JACKSON IS OLYMPIC CHAMPION!! 🥇@ErinJackson480 pic.twitter.com/LQGJ9RvYWE
— US Speedskating (@USSpeedskating) February 13, 2022
The silver went to Miho Takagi of Japan. Angelina Golikova of the Russian team took the bronze.
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