After missing the Olympic opening ceremony due to COVID, bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was elected to be Team USA's flag bearer for the closing ceremony in Beijing.
will have her chance to wave the American flag at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
The four-time Olympian was elected by her peers on Team USA to be the closing ceremony flag bearer in Beijing, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Friday. She had been elected to be the opening ceremony flag bearer, alongside curler John Shuster, but was unable to participate in the ceremony becauseshortly after arriving in Beijing and went into isolation. Instead, speedskater Brittany Bowe, who earned the second-highest votes among female athletes, served as flag bearer alongside Shuster.
"I was so honored to be named the Opening Ceremony flag bearer, but after not being able to carry the flag, it's even more humbling to lead the United States at the Closing Ceremony," Meyers Taylor said in a statement."Congratulations to my fellow Team USA athletes on all their success in Beijing - I'm looking forward to carrying the flag with my teammates by my side and closing out these Games.
Now, Meyers Taylor will have her chance to represent the United States -- and this time around, she has some new metal to wear.
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