Back to the Utah State Aggies Newsfeed

U.S. speedskating's teen sensation Maame Biney punches her ticket to 2018 Olympics

She made it nearly halfway around the track inside the Utah Olympic Oval, pumping her fists in circles, waving to the crowd that roared at her every turn, when the 17-year-old short-track speedskating sensation lost her footing, tumbling to the ice.

There was Biney, the bubbly teenager who was once told she could no longer pursue figure skating because she just skated too fast, kicking her feet out in celebration. She slapped each side of her helmet before picking herself up off the rink in Kearns as a soon-to-be Olympian.