{"id":385899,"date":"2017-12-24T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385899"},"modified":"2017-12-24T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T12:58:09","slug":"ghanaian-born-speedskater-first-black-woman-make-us-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/ghanaian-born-speedskater-first-black-woman-make-us-olympic-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian-born speedskater is first black woman to make US Olympic team"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 17-year-old Virginia skater is the first black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic speedskating team.<\/p>\n
Maame Biney, of Reston, Virginia, secured her spot on the team after she made history winning the 500-meter races at the U.S. Olympic Short Track Trials on Dec. 16. The bubbly skater flew past the competition and\u00a0then fell as she celebrated.<\/p>\n
Of course, she got right back up.<\/p>\n
Biney says she owes her determination to her Ghana-born father. She is grateful for how much he has sacrificed and the amount of work he put into her success, she said.<\/p>\n