The U.S. Girls's Determine Skating Crew introduced its lineup for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Beijing on Saturday. One of many skaters, 25-year-old Mariah Bell, will turn into the oldest lady to compete on the U.S. ladies's skating crew in 94 years, in accordance with the Olympics. "Age is actually a quantity," Bell informed NBC Sports activities' Andrea Joyce on Saturday when it was introduced she had secured a spot on Crew USA for the Beijing Video games. "It means nothing. If in case you have a dream, there isn't a restrict on the time it's a must to obtain that dream, for positive." The skater additionally made historical past on Friday on the U.S. Determine Skating Championships, changing into the oldest lady to win a nationwide title since skater Beatrix Loughran did it at age 26 in 1927, the Olympics reported. This was Bell's ninth look on the championships and her first title. She completed with an general rating of 216.25. "I am simply so grateful," Bell, who has been skating since she was 3 years outdated, informed NBC Sports activities. "It is one thing that I have been working towards for a really very long time. I am so excited and so honored, and it nonetheless does not really feel actual." Karen Chen and Alysa Liu may even be part of Bell in Beijing. Chen, who's 22 and was the 2017 U.S. champion, got here in second at this yr's championships with an general rating of 213.85. She wrote on Instagram that she was, "so extremely honored to be on the #OlympicTeam! go crew USA." The crew's third member, 16-year-old Liu, withdrew from Friday's championships after saying a constructive COVID-19 take a look at, in accordance with the Olympics. However the two-time U.S. determine skating champion was ranked within the prime 5 at each of the Grand Prix assignments this skating season, the Olympics mentioned. The teenager mentioned she is absolutely vaccinated and acquired two damaging COVID-19 assessments earlier than touring to Nashville, Tennessee for the championships. "Issues occur sadly, however it's what it's," she wrote Friday in an Instagram story. On Saturday, three extra skaters backed out of the championships as a consequence of COVID-19, which elevated the full variety of withdrawals for the week to seven, in accordance with the Related Press. The rest of the Olympic determine skating crew is about to be introduced later this weekend after championship competitions are over, the Olympics mentioned. The 2022 winter video games are scheduled to start February 4. 
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