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16:20, 17-Dec-2017
Biney becomes first black woman on US Olympic speed skating team
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Maame Biney became the first black woman to qualify for a US Olympic speed skating team after winning two straight 500 meters finals in the national Olympic short track speed skating trials on Saturday.
The 17-year-old upset veteran speed skaters Lana Gehring, Jessica Kooreman and Katherine Reutter-Adamek twice in the two women's 500m finals and secured her ticket for the Pyeongchang Winter Games next year.
Maame Biney falls as she celebrates victory in the Women's 500 meters A Final for a spot on the Olympic team during the 2018 US Speedskating Short Track Olympic Team Trials at the Utah Olympic Oval on December 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. /AFP Photo
Maame Biney falls as she celebrates victory in the Women's 500 meters A Final for a spot on the Olympic team during the 2018 US Speedskating Short Track Olympic Team Trials at the Utah Olympic Oval on December 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. /AFP Photo
Biney is also the second black speed skater on a US Olympic team. Shani Davis was 19 when he qualified for the short track speed skating team in 2002. He later won two Olympic gold medals.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency