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Winter Olympics 2022 - From inline skating to Olympic speed skating champion - Erin Jackson takes 500m gold

Erin Jackson completed a remarkable journey to become a Winter Olympic speed skating champion by winning 500m gold in Beijing — having nearly missed out on going to China altogether. The American, who was once an inline skater and competed at Pyeongchang 2018 having only raced in speed skating for the first time four months before the Games, set the fastest time after Japan's Miho Takagi led for most of the event.

Olympics-Speed skating-American Jackson wins gold in women's 500m after stumble in trials

BEIJING (Reuters) -Erin Jackson of the United States won gold in the women's 500 metres speed skating at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, giving the U.S. its first gold medal in the event since 1994.

Olympics - Speed skating - American Jackson wins gold in women's 500m

BEIJING : Erin Jackson of the United States won gold in the women's 500 metres speed skating at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.

Medals update: Erin Jackson wins women’s 500m gold in Beijing 2022 speed skating

The United States’ Erin Jackson stormed to the women’s 500m gold and into the history books in Beijing 2022 becoming the first black female to win an Olympic speed skating title on Sunday (13 February).

Olympic happy end for Erin Jackson - with help from longtime friend Brittany Bowe

Brittany Bowe started it, Erin Jackson finished it.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi Holds Nerve To Win Ski Jumping Gold

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi held his nerve while his rivals lost theirs on Sunday, winning Olympic ski jumping gold on the men's normal hill in a wild and unpredictable Beijing Games final. Germany's World Cup leader Karl Geiger finished 15th in a disastrous performance, while hotly tipped Norwegians Halvor Egner Granerud and Marius Lindvik were also well out of contention. Kobayashi kept his cool to become the first Japanese ski jumper to win Olympic gold on foreign snow, pulling off jumps of 104.5 and 99.5 metres to finish first on 275.0 points. "This season I've been able to jump to the image I have in my mind," said the 25-year-old, who is second in the current World Cup standings and won this season's Four Hills competition.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Nathan Chen Wins Long-Awaited Skating Gold As Yuzuru Hanyu Is Dethroned

Nathan Chen said "he never thought he'd be able to make it this far" as he won Olympic figure skating gold in Beijing on Thursday, easily beating defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu, who fell twice and finished fourth. The American three-time world champion finally claimed the only major prize that had eluded him with his overall score of 332.60, more than 20 points ahead of his nearest challenger. Chen held his nerve to score 218.63 in his free programme, building on his record-breaking short programme score from Tuesday to win gold from 18-year-old Yuma Kagiyama. Another Japanese skater, Shoma Uno, took bronze.

Fox seals wire-to-wire win in UAE

Ryan Fox claimed the first 72-hole DP World Tour event victory of his career on Sunday by sealing a wire-to-wire victory at the Ras Al Khaimah Classic.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - From inline skating to Olympic speed skating champion - Erin Jackson takes 500m gold

Olympics-Speed skating-American Jackson wins gold in women's 500m after stumble in trials

Olympics - Speed skating - American Jackson wins gold in women's 500m

Medals update: Erin Jackson wins women’s 500m gold in Beijing 2022 speed skating

Olympic happy end for Erin Jackson - with help from longtime friend Brittany Bowe

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi Holds Nerve To Win Ski Jumping Gold

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Nathan Chen Wins Long-Awaited Skating Gold As Yuzuru Hanyu Is Dethroned

Fox seals wire-to-wire win in UAE