![Heerenveen Netherlands 23/24.11.2002, Wintersport: Speed skating World Cup, Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER, right), Jennifer RODRIGUEZ (USA Stock Photo - Alamy Heerenveen Netherlands 23/24.11.2002, Wintersport: Speed skating World Cup, Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER, right), Jennifer RODRIGUEZ (USA Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C78753/heerenveen-netherlands-2324112002-wintersport-speed-skating-world-cup-claudia-pechstein-ger-right-jennifer-rodriguez-usa-2C78753.jpg)
Heerenveen Netherlands 23/24.11.2002, Wintersport: Speed skating World Cup, Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER, right), Jennifer RODRIGUEZ (USA Stock Photo - Alamy
![Being the first Black woman to win a World Cup isn't enough to put her in the Olympics. Speedskater Erin Jackson must still earn her spot at trials. Being the first Black woman to win a World Cup isn't enough to put her in the Olympics. Speedskater Erin Jackson must still earn her spot at trials.](https://www.sltrib.com/resizer/xfqZ8y4sdJLiK4Rja2kdWNBl2wY=/1200x630/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/X3M2EEZZUJEHFL4ZC5LSSYMYDU.jpg)
Being the first Black woman to win a World Cup isn't enough to put her in the Olympics. Speedskater Erin Jackson must still earn her spot at trials.
![USA's Jennifer Rodriguez competes in the 1000m women's World Cup speed skating race Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. She finished in third place. (AP Photo/Douglas USA's Jennifer Rodriguez competes in the 1000m women's World Cup speed skating race Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. She finished in third place. (AP Photo/Douglas](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PDJKC7/usas-jennifer-rodriguez-competes-in-the-1000m-womens-world-cup-speed-skating-race-saturday-nov-19-2005-at-the-utah-olympic-oval-in-kearns-utah-she-finished-in-third-place-ap-photodouglas-c-pizac-2PDJKC7.jpg)
USA's Jennifer Rodriguez competes in the 1000m women's World Cup speed skating race Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. She finished in third place. (AP Photo/Douglas
![US ice speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez is pictured at the start of the 500-metre race of the Speed Skating World Cup at sports forum ?Hohenschoenhausen? in Berlin, Germany, 07 November 2008. 106 US ice speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez is pictured at the start of the 500-metre race of the Speed Skating World Cup at sports forum ?Hohenschoenhausen? in Berlin, Germany, 07 November 2008. 106](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D4H9C6/us-ice-speed-skater-jennifer-rodriguez-is-pictured-at-the-start-of-D4H9C6.jpg)