Team USA continues to dominate in both Olympics. Elena Meyers Taylor pulled off a dramatic comeback win in Monday’s final to become the gold medalist.
Her American teammate Kallie Humphries won bronze and Germany’s Laura Nolte took silver.
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Dramatic final secures Team USA another gold medal
Meyers Taylor raced her final race on Monday knowing she needed to finish ahead of teammate Humphries, who had finished on the podium a lap earlier.
She ran a clean race, crossing the finish line with a total time of 3 minutes, 57.93 seconds, 0.12 seconds ahead of Humphreys. This time the event was a silver medal at its worst and put pressure on Nolte, who had held the lead in the first three rounds.
Nolte crossed the finish line in the final bobsled race of the day with a total time of 3 minutes, 57.97 seconds, 0.04 seconds behind Meyers Taylor, ensuring the gold medal for Meyers Taylor.
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Through two competitions, Team USA now has four of the six medals awarded in Olympic unicycling. Humphries and Meyers Taylor had all four. Humphries won gold in Beijing and Meyers Taylor won silver.
41-year-old Meyers Taylor took the Beijing silver medal and participated in the Milan Cortina Games with confidence.
“My nickname to the people who know me best is Cyber Money,” Taylor told NBC News before the game. “My money is stressed.”
She now has an Olympic gold medal to back up her boast.
This is the second Olympic Games following its debut in Beijing in 2022. It features a single-man sled driver’s sled that is lighter than the sleds used by two- and four-man sled teams. This is an Olympic-level women’s event, increasing the number of men’s and women’s bobsleigh events to two each.
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The women’s bobsled competition includes single and double bobsleds. The men’s competition is divided into two-person and four-person teams.