Overview
- Meyers Taylor took gold by 0.04 seconds over Germany’s Laura Nolte, with Kaillie Armbruster Humphries earning bronze 0.12 back for a U.S. double podium.
- The victory is Meyers Taylor’s first Olympic gold and sixth career medal, tying Bonnie Blair for the most Winter Olympic medals by an American woman.
- At 41, she becomes the oldest American woman to win a Winter Olympic gold, extending a streak of medaling at each of her five Games.
- Her triumph follows a difficult year marked by chronic back pain, a winless World Cup season, and a severe crash in Switzerland.
- Meyers Taylor and Armbruster Humphries are slated for two-woman bobsled training runs next, paired with push athletes Jadin O’Brien and Jasmine Jones.