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February 16, 2026
USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor storms monobob to win first Olympic gold at age 41
It took her five Olympics, but she finally got there: USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor won gold in the monobob on Monday, capping a long and brilliant career.
TL;DR
- Elana Meyers Taylor won the Olympic gold medal in monobob.
- She is 41 years old and this was her fifth Olympics.
- Meyers Taylor is now the oldest-ever female U.S. Winter Olympic champion.
- She previously won three silver and two bronze medals across monobob and two-woman bobsleigh.
- Laura Nolte of Germany won silver, and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries of the US won bronze.
- Meyers Taylor and Humphries are the first women in their 40s to win medals in women's Olympic bobsled.
- This was Meyers Taylor's sixth Olympic medal, tying her with Bonnie Blair for the most by a U.S. woman in Winter Games history.
- Meyers Taylor is a four-time world champion and was the most decorated Black athlete at a Winter Olympics even before this win.
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