Maame Biney, The First Black Female Short Track Speed Skater In The Olympics

some difficulty because she was skating too fast. The coach then suggested to her farther that he should switch her to speed skating. The rest is history as she becomes the first black female to join the Olympic Short Track Speed Skating team. She joins Erin Jackson, another history making black female heading to the 2018 Olympics, as one of three Black women on the US Olympic ice skating team. Maame , still young with lots of room for improvement, is one of favorites heading into this years winter games. She has another chance to make it into the history books by winning a medal. We will be rooting for this youngster as she shows there is no limit to what we can do.