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Speed skater Erin Jackson gets gold and makes history at world cup
![Erin Jackson, a contestant on tv's Special Forces with skier Bode Miller.](https://townlift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Erin-Jackson-GOLD-500m-Poland-e1637009712694-1200x675.jpg)
Erin Jackson, a contestant on tv's Special Forces with skier Bode Miller. Photo: US Speed Skating
POLAND — Team USA’s Erin Jackson took home her first-ever world cup medal in the long-track 500-meter speed skating with a time of (37.613) capturing first place.
She set a new Track Record and defeated reigning Olympic Champion Nao Kodaira from Japan who took silver; Jackson becomes the first Black female to win a world cup race in speed skating. She will compete in the 2nd 500m race on Saturday. Her teammate Brittany Bowe finished in 8th with a time of (38.191).
The 29-year old Jackson, a 2018 Olympian from Florida, spends much dedicated time in Utah at the US Speedskating headquarters at the Utah Olympic Oval, a sister facility to the Utah Olympic Park under the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation.
Races are LIVE on Peacock all weekend long.
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