Erin Jackson ready to make Olympic History | Winter Tracks

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Erin Jackson shook the speed skating world in 2017 by qualifying for PyeongChang 2018, only four months after she first stepped foot on ice. She was the first black woman to compete for the U.S. Olympic long track speed skating team. Supported by family and friends, she is now ready to take gold at next Olympic Winter Games.
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[@listenup2882]

Her story would make a great inspirational movie. I'm so proud of her. Love and light from Saint Lucia.🇱🇨

[@wandabritt4400]

OMG!, I'm beyond proud...watching this young woman skate is like witnessing greased lightning, she is so unbelievably fast that she just whizzes past her competitors. Way to go Erin, way to go!!!!

[@dojacat7811]

I don't understand why anyone is surprised. We excel in any endeavor when provided with an opportunity.

[@jblendsworld]

We blacks have been exceptional in almost every sport discipline

[@childrenslivesmatter3073]

She is a natural athlete. Superb!! Go Erin! 👏👏👏👏

[@xLAPPUINx]

She defies everything. Tough kid! Love it

[@aleksanderfinstad5785]

In Norway🇧🇻 Speed Skatings community. Erin Jackson are just big as Dan Jensen or Shani Davis! For she took an incredible skate Gold in the Olympics 👏🔥💪

[@georginacoombs7829]

To see a black woman do this sport it means nothings is impossible so proud go girl 👌🏽🙏🏽

[@robertkinkhorst5697]

And now she has a Gold Medal 🥇 absolutely awesome, congratulations 🎉

[@dedmatters]

Take care of your back! The moment I heard 3 herniated disks, I almost got a shiver. Back injuries are scary. But train well and trust the training.

[@ebea211]

I’m so excited to watch her in the race! Love from Australia!!

[@spencershadow250]

Me too! The Olympics are coming up next week!

[@michael46]

She has Gold.

[@desitorres8578]

Way to go, Girl!!!! U know who U represent to. We are with U and we feel SO PROUD OF U !!!!

[@adrianops7]

So inspiring. Its never too late to become what you might have been.

[@xXSillyGooseXx]

Amazing!! What an inspirational story :D Go Erin ❤️❤️

[@davidconteh1826]

Hopefully you will inspire more people from the black community to do winter sports im from UK would love people to see your story and be inspired maybe in future winter Olympics being a black winter Olympian will not be an issue any more , it should not be an issue at all , all the best go for Gold!

[@h.r.3319]

Wow Inline should also be an Olympic sport looks tough! What an athlete congrats !

[@cecilebarton4283]

Wonderful, Ms. Jackson! Heartiest Congrats on your well-deserved gold medal! You're a joy to watch.

[@ailin6011]

she is amazing

[@voxpop-tv]

How is it possible to switch from inline to speed skating and beat those who have been skating on ice all of their lives???

[@daveclark8337]

Apparently the difficulty of ice skating is over-rated.

[@aportgirl]

All I can say is you are amazing!

[@Mzeeowuor]

This woman is gorgeous as heaven!!! She resembles my family members. It's remarkably beautiful how African her features are. The African DNA is truly indomitable. Must be those strong Floridian Gullah African roots. Congratulations to her and her family for her gold medal win for the USA.

[@haha-vp8kd]

back after she won gold!

[@jellyrcw12]

Pure GOLD! Great representation

[@kennychaplin4755]

Congratulations 🎊 I'm am so proud 👏 of you. SALUTE... SEMPER FIDELIS 💯

[@roddo1955]

I wish the US gave Shani Davis the same attention as they did for Bonnie Blair and Dan Jansen. I hope they don't use Erin Jackson as a posterchild but an actual olympian and give her the credit she deserves.

[@lwh7301]

As if blacks don't get enough attention already.

[@roddo1955]

@@lwh7301 have a seat. She just won Olympic gold.😀

[@LADYJAYY19788]

🥇Mrs Erin

[@jerseygirl6221]

@L WH you’re so bothered by seeing us at the same level as everyone else and it’s sad!

[@roddo1955]

@@LADYJAYY19788 and shout out to Brittany Bowe for giving Erin her spot in the 500. I loved how astonished Erin was and Bowe in tears of happiness. I'm Dutch and we're a speedskating obsessed society, when I first saw Erin skate I was like; with some training she might break 38 seconds. But she went on and the past two seasons she improved so dramatically. I think she can go even faster if she tweaks her technique a bit.

[@ms.inspiration385]

I can't wait to watch her in the Olympics! Great story!!

[@kimtrain626]

She just learned how to ice skate. This is amazing

[@topgrain]

It really is. She is a highly-disciplined athlete.

[@brendamosley1549]

She's amazing and so proud of her.

[@sheilamiller4970]

So proud of you Erin Made my dream come true. I’m 57 and always wanted to be Speed skater. Keep moving forward. You Rock Diva

[@manonamission2000]

Rollerblading, bicycling, jogging... it's never too late for you 🔥

[@mikemarquez2177]

Love love yes yes gooo US.

[@daneen8869]

Wow young lady you are fabulous!!

[@RosaHernandez-kb3xo]

Beautiful story, go Erin 🧡

[@topgrain]

That was a "Let's eat!" Blessing 😄

[@spencershadow250]

Any chance you could upload replays of Winter Olympic events from Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006?

[@Markus-zb5zd]

and she's not alone in that, look at felix_rijhnen he is a top inline skater as well and got blocked by the german ice skating federation for over 2 decades, and now he's finally at the olympics

[@lela658]

Congrats Erin! I missed your performance at the Olympics but I'm still so proud of you Baby Girl! 💯🥇⛸

[@juliat9741]

You can still watch it on BBC Iplayer

[@lela658]

@@juliat9741 OK. Thank you, I shall!

[@БорисЦыбин-в8м]

You love inline, you love cats. I'm you fan, definitely

[@AllThingsFitnessandLifestyle]

Wow she and I are very similar! Love her ❤️

[@avamariewilson1442]

Wonderful, congratulations 🎉

[@denosimms7452]

We love you Erin, my family and I will be watching and cheering you on...you got this, the best is yet to come 🤗😍💯

[@rem145]

I’m in Ohio watching this story here and the team work between Bowe and Jackson was one of the remarkable stories. I’m sure this speed skating team will improve due to inspiration especially if the Winter Olympics get scheduled a bit closer than 4000 miles from me in the near future

[@lomtlt5017]

All the best for her!

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

Ahhh, sweet destiny. 💕🏆

[@jamesaaronmanarang]

Love it!!

[@anyicth5846]

Gracias por el subtitulo😁💓

[@PLoGro24]

❤️

[@reflections4me]

Erin you go girl. Take that gold Medal 🥇 all black girls are proud of you.

[@jellyrcw12]

Dropping a second per week?! That's insane

[@Kubwayo10]

This what happened when you have a father in the home. Got the gold.

[@misspowell373]

Amazing...blessings always! Go Erin Go 😊

[@tyrun2]

Girl Power in action.....Go Girl GO.....you did it! "2022"

[@johnarnehansen9574]

I don't think that they accept the offer by Time Warner, it will rip them of the rights!..

[@Hojiii]

What a dear human.

[@denosimms7452]

I will be rooting for you from New York

[@southwestkinema9149]

Hey Olympics! Why did you turn the comments off and take the video down of her winning race? Curious.

[@joycemapp2653]

..family is so important...!

[@manonamission2000]

Amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@lorrainedavis4928]

Beautiful ❤️

[@1111ScorpQueen]

She’s amazing!

[@marcknight2211]

Those injuries are very serious... especially later in life....disk rotation and slipping is seriously painful can cause paralysis and death.🏴🏴🏴🏴🏁🎌🏳️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@gaylesherman7312]

That's cool

[@axleblaze123]

Yes Bart swings also a 10,000m long distance inline skate world record holder.

[@kevinsmith5773]

😭👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏿🔥♥

[@vofff]

Her body is amazing!

[@LlamasAtMidnight]

Wonderful story! (I am honestly just commenting to get this thing to 69 comments)

[@echo1983]

On the flip. Going from ice to wheels isnt that easy too.

[@jennygibbons1258]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾

[@jblendsworld]

I just got goosebumps when she crossed that line

[@hjddkgf125]

She dominated the first couple of world cups. But fell back a little towards the Olympics. Let's hope she finds back some of her form for the Olympics. I could really see her medal on the 500m. But gold will be though.

[@roddo1955]

She's had plenty of rest since the last world cups. I think she has recharged her batteries sufficiently to get through that full lap. If she can reproduce what she did in the first world cup meets, she's going to be very hard to beat. And I'm guessing you are dutch: it's the "Dkgf" in your screen name (dijkgraaf?).😉 Who do you think the gold will go to? I would love for Erin to win it. But my secret wish is that Nao Kodaira surprises everybody in an ultimate raise. I don't know why but she's always been a favourite of mine.

[@hjddkgf125]

@@roddo1955 yes I'm dutch. And you guessed my name haha. But it's hard to pick a winner for the 500m it's been close. But I could definitely see Nao take the gold she has become better with each race. And I also wouldn't be surprised if Femke Kok will win. she also got better and better this season. And she will definitely be inspired by teammates Wüst and Nuis both taking home gold in the 1500m. But I think it will be Olga fatkulina. Just based on a gut feeling haha. That and she is of course a very talented skater.

[@apexak]

Great editing

[@Huna_953]

Молодец

[@ruthholmes-davitt3521]

What an amazing young woman and I love the family vibe. Huge congratulations on your (well deserved) gold medal and on becoming part of the IFIT team. I’m enjoying training with you here in England x

[@echo1983]

Roller derby to speed skating? 👌

[@mnnh1]

What a talent. Well done to her coaches, and what an amazing, supportive family!

[@alikeshani9646]

🇮🇷💚❤💙🤝🇺🇸

[@Kawaiicutiebaby]

She’s amazing 🤩 👏🏾❤️

[@louisebikeri]

Just wow😍

[@HhHuuuuu755]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘

[@WaynerTheGamer]

😎

[@Polarcupcheck]

Is she the GOAT yet? I think I will skip rooting for her and just root for the unknown person who will come after her so that my feelings can be aligned with the true GOAT. However, I think I will skip ahead and just say that I support the last speed skater to ever exist, and claim them the GOAT, because technically, they outlasted all the others, and the literally had no competition.

[@orawhorton8778]

Congratulations Erin!!

[@francisnguyen6349]

Are you ready for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Erin Jackson?

[@PLoGro24]

I hope she doesn't go there because the Chinese are likely going to release another bioweapon like they did at the military games 😞

[@francisnguyen6349]

Oh boy.

[@rubs013]

NO, you are crying

[@hukshot]

please stop saying "first black..." unless you start saying "44th white..."

[@liammclive4314]

weak

[@1111ScorpQueen]

Hater

[@orawhorton8778]

How do you know if she is weak? Bet you can’t do what she did hater!

[@unfuzzy]

sorry, just what "history" are they referring to here?

[@ЮраЮра-ф2у2т]

представляю какой рекорд она поставит если на финише поставить коробку острой курочки из кфс

[@attysthoughts3253]

another ''first black'' something. ugh... i. don't. care. just because you're darker doesn't make it any more special than the 100,000s of times other people did it.

[@karlauminga6404]

There is a case to case basis. Can't write her off.

[@Kayodoms]

weird take but ok.

[@bullettoyohead4504]

It actually does

[@eltonjohn4239]

Are you aware that Blacks have been kept out of certain sports for centuries...and this sport and others are still being withheld from specifically Blacks?

[@LADYJAYY19788]

But yet you are here.

[@gemsstoned6662]

thats a dude

[@RachaelJohn]

Grow up

[@knutthompson7879]

Someone is threatened by an athletic black woman.

[@jolenemathews]

She's prettier than you by miles

[@Karlmarx-r9d]

Like your mom

[@andrepickergills4588]

Gemstoned please seek attention somewhere else, we are actually enjoying this beautiful black woman make history......,,,

[@xxxCHLOE1004xxx]

I saw that jam hightlight girl!! Nice job all around