"CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy In a nail-biting, four-heat race that boiled down to a contest against a pair of top German sliders, Americans Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secured silver and bronze medals Monday night on the icy track in Cortina. Meyers Taylor came from behind in the fourth and final heat, gliding and banking cleanly into the steep curves and dropping smoothly into the track's straight-aways to win her first career gold. German Laura Nolte, age 27, took silver."
"Meyers Taylor tested positive for Covid and was forced to train while isolated in her hotel room. She was cleared just in time to race, capturing silver. The two women are also widely credited with helping convince the International Olympic Committee to add the women's monobob event to the Winter Games, bringing the sport into parity with men's events. "The women before me have allowed this to happen and I want to make sure that continues for all future generations," Humphries said after her 2022 win."
Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, won gold in the monobob at Cortina d'Ampezzo after a comeback in the fourth heat, while Kaillie Humphreys, 40, earned bronze and German Laura Nolte took silver. Meyers Taylor's victory makes her the most-decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history with one gold, three silver and two bronze. Both athletes helped secure the women's monobob as an Olympic event. Meyers Taylor trained in isolation after testing positive for Covid but was cleared to compete. Both competitors are mothers who have publicly discussed challenges including postpartum recovery, endometriosis, and IVF treatments while maintaining elite careers.
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