Bobsledder Aja Evans models the Team USA Beijing winter Olympics opening ceremony uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in New York. $2 for 2 months Subscribe for unlimited access to our website, app, eEdition and more CLAIM OFFER“This Olympic Village life will be a lot different than my previous Olympic Games. But the fact that the Olympic Games are going on is a blessing,” she said. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Flowers and driver Jill Bakken won the gold medal in the two-woman event. Flowers became the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

Source: Forbes January 21, 2022 02:02 UTC