Maame Biney and Kristen Santos lead the 10-member U.S. team that was named for the 2021-22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup season.
They also represent the U.S.’ best hopes at earning its first Olympic women’s short track medal in 12 years when the Beijing Winter Games start in some 130-plus days.
US Speedskating named the World Cup team of five men and five women this week. Results at this season’s four World Cup events will help determine how many athletes each country sends to Beijing, which can be up to three per gender if it does not qualify a relay team or five per gender if it does.