The first Black woman to win an Olympic speed skating gold medal 'cried so much' she wore her medal backward on the podium
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Erin Jackson made history as the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in speed skating.
The 29-year-old American superstar was overcome with emotion as she stepped atop the podium.
After the medal ceremony, she tweeted that she "cried so much that I put on my medal backward."
American speed skater Erin Jackson made history at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
But she was so overcome with emotion after pulling off the feat, she messed up part of her special moment of celebration.
The 29-year-old Florida native finished first in the women's 500-meter speed skating event to become the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport and the first American woman to medal in an individual speed skating event since 2002.
—NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 13, 2022
Jackson was, unsurprisingly, quite tearful as she climbed atop the podium to commemorate her historic victory. She "cried so much," she wrote on Twitter, "that I put on my medal backward."
"... then cried some more," she added.
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