After missing the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony due to a positive COVID test, bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will have her chance to wave the American flag at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
in that event, with Kallie Humphries winning gold and Meyers Taylor winning silver. Humphries was competing for the United States in the Olympics for the first time after winning two golds for Canada in the two-person bobsled, so as former rivals, this time she and Meyers Taylor could celebrate together.Silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor of Team U.S. poses during the Women's Monobob Bobsleigh medal ceremony on day 10 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre, Feb.
That silver adds to Meyers Taylor's stack of Olympic medals, including a silver from 2018, a silver from 2014 and a bronze from 2010, all in the two-woman competition. She has the opportunity to add one more to that list in the two-woman event in Beijing, which concludes Saturday. This Olympics has been more dramatic than most as Meyers Taylor had to spend about a week in isolation, which she called"rough." She had traveled to Beijing along with her husband and young son, who is still nursing, and had to separate from them to isolate.
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