Erin Jackson , the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport, is preparing for another shot at gold in speed skating despite battling injuries.

Jackson, who medaled in Beijing after taking up the sport just months before qualifying for the games, is now ready to blaze a new trail on the ice.

There's a sort of quiet calm to long-track speedskating.

"So it's just you versus the clock," Jackson said. Racing the clock, switching lanes, and competing with just two skaters, Jackson stands out as the defending Olympic champion. "Going into the Beijing Olympic Trials, I was ranked number one in the world. And then I just had some ups and downs there. But going into this one as the defending champion, that adds a lot of pressure. But I feel like the pressure

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