Bobsled Star Elana Meyers Taylor Wins Her First Olympic Gold Medal

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor was Team USA’s astir successful female bobsledder — isolated from she had ne'er won an Olympic golden medal.

That ended Monday arsenic Meyers Taylor took nan apical prize, claiming golden successful nan women’s monobob astatine nan Cortina Sliding Centre.

In winning her sixth Olympic medal, she tied speedskater Bonnie Blair arsenic nan astir dressed up U.S. female successful Winter Olympic history.

Germany’s Laura Nolte, who led heading into nan 4th and last heat, vanished 4 one-hundredths of a 2nd down successful nan mixed times and took silver.

American golden medalist Elana Meyers Taylor and bronze medalist Kaillie Humphries airs for a photograph during nan badge ceremonial for monbob bobsled successful Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, connected Monday.

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American Kaillie Humphries claimed nan bronze.

Monobob is simply a women’s arena that made its debut astatine nan Beijing Olympics 4 years ago. Only 1 personification competes, pushing nan sled astatine nan commencement and piloting down nan people astatine speeds of 70-80 mph. There were 20 competitors successful nan inaugural event, and Humphries won its first golden medal.

Although she primitively competed for Canada, Humphries switched to representing nan U.S. successful 2019 aft reporting she faced maltreatment and harassment from nan Canadian bobsled federation. Two investigations recovered that Humphries’ allegations could not beryllium proven, but she was released to compete for nan U.S. team.