is here and we're excited to see key athletes showcase their amazing talents for Team USA. From bobsled to hockey, these are some of the athletes who will be making #BLKHistory all month long.
Follow these athletes on their journey in the Olympic Winter Games as they compete for the gold for Team USA. Originally from Ghana, Biney is the first black woman to make the Olympic speedskating team and the second-ever African-born athlete to represent the U.S. in the Winter Olympics. Known for explosiveness off the starting line, Biney dominates the 500-meter races for short track skating. While training for the Olympics MX-31NTBA http://dghd-3.com/a/Product/wx/20180223/753.html a four-time Olympic medalist earning two golds. The 35-year old Chicago native even earned a phone call from a then-senator from his home state of Illinois, former U.S. President Barack Obama, after his historic win at the 2006 Torino Olympics. Davis, featured in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History, is recognized as a legendary sports icon among greats like Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson. This will his fifth Olympic games. Making history, she earned third place in the 500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trial, the first black woman to secure a spot on the long-track team. The 25-year-old central Florida native is a 10-time world-champion inline skater and is a former roller derby player competing with the New Jax City Rollers, switching to ice in February 2017. She also graduated cum laude with an undergraduate in materials science engineering from the University of Florida and hopes to return back to school to pursue her master's degree.
Follow these athletes on their journey in the Olympic Winter Games as they compete for the gold for Team USA.
Originally from Ghana, Biney is the first black woman to make the Olympic speedskating team and the second-ever African-born athlete to represent the U.S. in the Winter Olympics. Known for explosiveness off the starting line, Biney dominates the 500-meter races for short track skating. While training for the Olympics
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a four-time Olympic medalist earning two golds. The 35-year old Chicago native even earned a phone call from a then-senator from his home state of Illinois, former U.S. President Barack Obama, after his historic win at the 2006 Torino Olympics. Davis, featured in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History, is recognized as a legendary sports icon among greats like Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson. This will his fifth Olympic games.
Making history, she earned third place in the 500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trial, the first black woman to secure a spot on the long-track team. The 25-year-old central Florida native is a 10-time world-champion inline skater and is a former roller derby player competing with the New Jax City Rollers, switching to ice in February 2017. She also graduated cum laude with an undergraduate in materials science engineering from the University of Florida and hopes to return back to school to pursue her master's degree.