In February 2018 at the PyeongChang Winter Games, an 18-year-old Maame Biney made history as the first Black woman to compete for the United States short track speed skating team at an Olympics.

Short-track speedskating can be rewarding and unforgiving, and Maame Biney will have years to explore the depths of those truths. First skater across the line? Bump. Gold medal dreams? Bump.

MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 26: Maame Biney of the USA reacts after setting a new world junior record in ... More the 500 meter quarterfinal heat during the ISU World Junior Short Track Championships ...

As soon as Maame Biney joins our Zoom interview, she greets me with a kind smile, her warmth swiftly permeating the screen. In person — or as close to “in person” as anyone gets now — she ...

KEARNS, Utah — Maame Biney became the first black woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team with a pair of victories in the 500 meters. The 17-year-old native of Ghana cruised to ...

When speed skater Maame Biney is excited about something, the whole world knows it — and she's had good reason to be thrilled in recent weeks Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human interest ...

Maame Biney, the first Black woman to make a U.S. Olympic short track speed skating team, announced her retirement from the sport at age 24. “After 19 amazing years in speedskating, I am officially ...

"Even six month ago, if you told me I was ever going to be a role model, I would be like, 'You're crazy man, you're funny,' " Biney tells PEOPLE Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human ...

It’s unfair to reduce Maame Biney to one word, but if there was one that summed the 22-year-old speed skater up, it would be ‘groundbreaking.’ The first African American woman to qualify for ...

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