After taking gold in Italy this week, a San Antonio-area mom has turn out to be the most-decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic historical past.
Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, received her first gold medal on Monday within the ladies’s monobob, beating Laura Nolte of Germany by simply four-hundredths of a second. It’s the fourth medal the New Braunfels resident has received throughout her 16-year profession within the sport, which is the person model of bobsledding.
“It’s going to take some time for this to sink in,” Meyers Taylor instructed reporters following her win. “I nonetheless can’t imagine it.”
Meyers Taylor transitioned to bobsledding in 2007 after a profitable collegiate softball profession. She then moved into the monobob, the place she started racking up medals and appeared in 5 Winter Olympic Video games.
The USA crew now has 9 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 6 bronze medals at this 12 months’s Winter Olympics.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina will wrap up with a closing ceremony on Sunday.
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New Braunfels resident Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, received her first gold medal in Italy this week.
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