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Figure skating champion Nathan Chen is back home after cementing his name in Olympic history.
Chen was among the Team USA athletes who jetted back to Salt Lake International Airport on Monday (21 February) with friends, family and supporters there to give them a warm and loud welcome.
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American short track history-maker Maame Biney became the first black speed skater selected for the event by Team USA, when she made the team for PyeongChang 2018. She was just 17 when she qualified, and competed at the Winter Games aged 18, also a record. In an exclusive interview, Biney shares how much of a struggle it was for her to deal with the pressure, but why she now believes she's got the tools to succeed at Beijing 2022, and is using her platform to speak out on issues that matter to her.

Maame Biney: The pressure was too much at 17, but now I have the tools to cope

It’s been four years since short track speed skater Maame Biney first exploded onto the Olympic scene.
As both the first black woman and youngest person ever to make the US Olympic Short Track Speed Skating Team 2018 the 21-year-old, then only 18, was propelled into fame at PyeongChang 2018,

Maame Biney talks pressure, performance and why she is prioritising her happiness

For close followers of the Winter Olympics the name Maame Biney will ring a bell.
At PyeongChang 2018 the then 18-year-old made two lots of history after she became the youngest skater and first Black woman to make a U.S. Olympic Short Track Speed Skating Team.
Though her best finish

Maame Biney: five things to know about the short track history maker

Her smile made 18-year-old U.S. short track speed skater Maame Biney a star PyeongChang, but she’s out to prove her killer instinct.

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Maame Biney wants to becomes ‘the Intimidator’

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