"The 41-year-old competed in her first Olympics at Vancouver 2010, and since then she has won three silver medals and two bronze across two events, the monobob and the two-woman bobsleigh. Her victory at the Milano Cortina Games came down to the final run of the competition with Laura Nolte competing to best Meyers Taylor's time of 3min 57.93 sec."
"Nolte won silver and 40-year-old Kaillie Armbruster Humphries of the US, who was also competing in her fifth Olympics, claimed bronze. Meyers Taylor was the most decorated Black athlete ever at a Winter Olympics even before this win and also is a four-time world champion. This Olympic medal, her sixth, tied speed skater Bonnie Blair for the most by a US woman in a Winter Games career."
"Armbruster Humphries won gold in the inaugural running of monobob at the 2022 Beijing Games, with Meyers Taylor winning silver. Monday's results means they became the first women in their 40s to win medals in women's Olympic bobsled history. They also reached the podium in each of their previous four appearances at the Winter Games; Armbruster Humphries was on the Canadian Olympic team in 2006 but did not race in those Turin Games."
Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, won monobob gold at the Milano Cortina Games with a combined time of 3min 57.93 sec. The victory was decided on the final run as Laura Nolte could not beat Meyers Taylor's time; Nolte won silver and 40-year-old Kaillie Armbruster Humphries claimed bronze. Meyers Taylor debuted at Vancouver 2010 and has previously earned three silver medals and two bronzes across monobob and two-woman bobsleigh. Meyers Taylor is a four-time world champion and became the most decorated Black athlete at Winter Olympics; the medal is her sixth, tying Bonnie Blair for most by a US woman.
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