{"id":49362,"date":"2026-02-07T12:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49362"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:49:31","slug":"watch-speed-skater-erin-jackson-makes-history-as-the-first-black-woman-us-flag-bearer-at-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/07\/watch-speed-skater-erin-jackson-makes-history-as-the-first-black-woman-us-flag-bearer-at-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Jackson first black woman US flag bearer at Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speed skater Erin Jackson has become the first black woman to bear the US flag at the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter Olympics are in Italy this year, and the 33-year-old Olympic Gold Medalist led Team USA while holding the country\u2019s flag.<\/p>\n<p>She was the first Black woman to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the 2022 Winter Games, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUbxCb7gbVn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Jackson is participating in both the 500m and 1,000m speed skating events this year, having won the 500m race at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today reports that Jackson first took up speed skating in 2017 after five years of competing in roller derby. She qualified for her first Winter Olympics a year later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olympic Speed Skater Erin Jackson Talks About Carrying U.S. Flag for Opening Ceremony\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jAocys-k2DY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think with sports it was ever that way for me, just because I didn\u2019t grow up really as an athlete,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up as more of an academic or a student and then got into focusing on sports much later in my life. \u2026 So, I feel like that also helped me with my approach to athletics and performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I came in with that mindset of kind of having a good relationship with loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Erin #Jackson #black #woman #flag #bearer #Winter #Olympics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speed skater Erin Jackson has become the first black woman to bear the US flag at the Winter Olympics. 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