In the 1st of a 2-part podcast featuring Team USA Olympic short track speed skater Maame Biney, NBC Sports & Olympic Channel broadcaster Patrick Kinas discusses the COVID-19 interrupted World Cup season for Biney and her teammates and how that has impacted their training for this season and the next Olympic cycle for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. Maame then tells her fascinating family story of coming to America after being born in Ghana, the roadside promotional sign that prompted her to try ice skating, culminating with her triumph a decade later at the US Olympic Trials to make Team USA as a teenager, heading to PyeongChang. There are plenty of moments where Biney puts on display her infectious laugh and ebullient personality that endear her to the world.