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First Black Athlete To Win Gold

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In a stunning upset victory Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the women's Olympic bobsled competition. The pair, making up the USA-2 team, beat both the more hyped USA-1 team of Jean Racine and Gea Johnson, and the two German teams that had won every world cup event in the previous two years. The win makes Vonetta Flowers the first black athlete in Winter Olympic history to win a gold medal.

Posted: 2002-02-20 11:31:10 AM

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