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Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds.

Jackson's gold came after teammate Brittany Bowe gave up her spot on the team​ to ensure Jackson would get to skate in Beijing.

Jackson's gold came after teammate Brittany Bowe gave up her spot on the team​ to ensure Jackson would get to skate in Beijing.

Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.

Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first medal of the Beijing Games and first individual medal since 2010. The 29-year-old Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, joined fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athletes to win long-track speedskating medals at the Olympics.

Ireen Wüst can’t really explain it.

When most champions get off the slopes or the ice at the Beijing Olympics, they are handed Bing Dwen Dwen, the chubby panda mascot of the Games.