Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 17, 2017
U.S. speedskating team set for Pyeongchang Olympics
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Jessica Kooreman, USA, skates in the in the Ladies World Cup1500 M finals, at the Olympic Oval in Kearns, Saturday, November 12, 2016. Kooreman, 34, had struggled through the first two day of two days of the U.S. short-track speed skating trials and knew going into Sunday that there was only one spot still open, one chance to get back to the Olympics.
Kooreman, of Melvindale, Mich., was one of three U.S. skaters on Sunday to punch their tickets to Pyeongchang, South Korea, as the United States’ short-track team was finalized. Ryan Pivorotto, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Thomas Hong, of Laurel, Md., clinched the final two spots on the men’s short-track team.