Maame Biney: Smiling Speed Skater Heads To Beijing Stronger Than Ever Right After Virtually Quitting
Record-breaking Russian brief-track speed skater Victor Ahn won two more Olympic golds on Saturday to take his tally to six – the highest in the sport’s history. In 2017, Biney produced history as the initially Black lady to qualify for the U.S. The function came with a lot of pressure that she says was a bit hard to manage. When she placed 14th in the 500-meter race and 31st in the 1,500-meter at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Biney was “extremely disappointed” simply because she didn’t do as well as folks believed she would. The arena’s ice meister, Remy Boehler...