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Erin Jackson becomes the first Black woman to win a gold medal in speed skating at the Winter Olympics
The top-ranked speed skater nearly missed the Olympics. Now, she's making history after winning a g…
Gabi Stevenson
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Erin Jackson wants to see the teammate who sacrificed an Olympics spot on her behalf 'with a gold medal around her neck'
By offering to give up her bid to the 500-meter race, speed skater Brittany Bowe enabled Team USA f…
Meredith Cash
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An American Olympian described the 'pinch-me-is-this-real' feeling of her rapid rise as a gold-medal favorite
Five years ago, Erin Jackson had very little experience on the ice. Now, she's a gold-medal favorit…
Meredith Cash
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Team USA's top Olympic speed skater admits that she long struggled just to get on and off the ice
"I think I've got it down now," Olympic gold-medal favorite Erin Jackson told Insider ahead of the …
Meredith Cash
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An Olympic gold-medal favorite sticks to her strict pre-event routines because 'you can't cram for the exam'
American speed skating superstar Erin Jackson told Insider that her "plan at the Olympics is to tre…
Meredith Cash
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Swedish speed skating gold medalist accused the Dutch team of 'corruption' for allegedly trying to change ice conditions
Nils van der Poel reacted in outrage to an article that said the Dutch team has a scientist who stu…
Scott Davis
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Russian figure skater who won Olympic gold failed drug test, delaying medal ceremony: reports
A member of the gold medal-winning team reportedly tested positive for a substance that is not perf…
Rebecca Cohen,Will Martin
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Athletes are accusing Olympic refs of bias after several controversial penalties aided Chinese competitors
In several short-track speed-skating races, controversial penalties have helped Chinese athletes ad…
Meredith Cash
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Swedish speed skater who won gold tried new sports and joined the Army so he wouldn't get bored training for Olympics
Nils van der Poel won the 5,000-meter gold in Beijing after taking a break between Olympic games to…
Scott Davis
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A speed skater gave away her spot in a Winter Olympics event to a top competitor who slipped and failed to qualify
Erin Jackson — the world's top speed skater in the 500-meter event — looked poised to miss the Olym…
Meredith Cash
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva stumbles and falls in Olympic free skate event, crashing out of medal contention
The 15-year-old skater embroiled in a doping scandal fell twice, landing her in fourth place and gu…
Rebecca Cohen,Meredith Cash
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Skating legend Katarina Witt says adults responsible for Kamila Valieva's failed drug test should be barred 'forever'
Katarina Witt said Kamila Valieva was "not to blame" for the failed drug test and said the 15-year-…
Jake Epstein
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A former Russian figure skating star wrote a heartfelt note to Kamila Valieva, urging her not to quit the sport
Olympian Evgenia Medvedevа, who trained under the same coach as Valieva, offered encouragement to t…
Natalie Musumeci,Samir Yahyaz…
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Olympic figure skating champion Yuna Kim blasts decision to allow Kamila Valieva to compete after failed doping test
Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old Russian figure skater, tested positive for the banned drug Trimetazid…
Rebecca Cohen
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US figure skating star Vincent Zhou says COVID-19 isolation was 'crushing' in emotional video announcing he's out of the Olympics
Zhou — who tested positive for COVID-19 after helping the US win silver in Beijing — te…
Rebecca Cohen
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Tara Lipinski says Kamila Valieva should never have been allowed to compete in Olympic event after teen falls in free skate event
"It makes me angry that the adults around her weren't able to make better decisions and guide her,"…
Natalie Musumeci,Scott Davis
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Fans accused a Chinese racer of deliberately taking out her opponent in the latest Olympic speed skating controversy
Footage from a race on Monday appears to show China's Fan Kexin flicking a rink marker into the ska…
Barnaby Lane
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Olympic gold medalist said he felt 'empty and tired' after his record-setting speed skating performance
Nils van de Poel won gold in the Winter Olympics this week, but struggled to describe the emotions,…
Alan Dawson
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A record-breaking Olympic skater released his 62-page workout guide, cutting out 'waste of time' squats and stretching
Swedish skater Nils van der Poel shared his workout guide after breaking a world record. He describ…
Jackson Thompson
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Team GB speed-skating couple spent Valentine's Day eating KFC in the Winter Olympic bubble: 'Who said romance was dead?'
Team GB speed skaters Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten became official back in 2018 and went on …