Away from the rink, Maame Biney is a typical 18 year old, who is excited about her new iPhone, but it was her determination that allowed her to make history as the first African-American women’s ...

It's on to the quarterfinals for one of Team USA's breakout Winter Olympics stars. Speed skater Maame Biney advanced in women's short track speed skating after the 500-meter event Saturday at ...

Maame Biney takes the corner on her way to victory in the Women's 500 Meter A Final for a spot on the Olympic team during the 2018 U.S. Speedskating Short Track Olympic Team Trials at the Utah Olympic ...

The sun hadn’t fully poked over the Wasatch mountains when Maame Biney came bounding through the lobby of the Utah Olympic Oval, her braids bobbing and a smile enveloping most of her youthful face.

Team USA speed skater Maame Biney’s PyeongChang Olympics came to an end Saturday night, as the 18-year-old finished dead last in her 1,500-meter short-track heat. After briefly taking the lead early ...

Maame Biney enters the Utah Olympic Oval, headphones on, calm music vibrating through her ears. The songs change, depending on her feelings that day. Before this race, Biney is vibing to either Phora ...

Maame Biney became the first black woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team with a pair of victories in the 500 meters. Biney set a blistering pace in taking an early lead that widened as ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—One second. That’s how long it takes for an Olympic dream to vanish. One second, one bump, gone. Maame Biney came into Tuesday night’s 500-meter quarterfinals riding high. She ...

The Ghana-born athlete has been skating since she was five. One of her figure skating coaches recognized the talent she had for speed and before Biney knew it, she was competing in speed skating ...

BEIJING — Maame Biney glides to the line, pulls her skates perpendicular, crouches in anticipation of the starting gun—and disappears. In her place is Anna Digger, rocketing around the speedskating ...

Reporting from KEARNS, Utah — Maame Biney became the first black woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team with a pair of victories in the 500 meters. The 17-year-old native of Ghana ...

Remember this name: Maame Biney. The short track speedskater just turned 18; she's not even out of high school. But she is already one of the biggest U.S. names at the Winter Olympics. When Biney won ...