Team USA's Erin Jackson becomes first Black woman to win Olympic speedskating gold after teammate gave up her spot

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Team USA's Erin Jackson becomes first Black woman to win Olympic speedskating gold after teammate gave up her spot
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Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. A gold one, at that, historical for Team USA

has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. A gold one, at that.

The silver went to Miho Takagi of Japan, while Angelina Golikova of the Russian team took the bronze. As it turned out, the Americans received a third place in the 500 when the final allocations were made, so Bowe got to skate as well. She finished 16th.

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