women’s World Cup bobsled team are Black, as are four of the five women who competed at the Beijing Games. Seven of the eight members of the current U.S. Now, instead of being an outlier, she and her sporting past are representative of her team. Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman with their bronze medals during the flower ceremony after the two-woman competition on Saturday. Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany took the gold in the two-woman event, with their countrywomen Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt right behind. Meyers Taylor’s bronze joined her three previous medals in the event - silvers in Pyeongchang in 2018 and Sochi in 2014, and a bronze from Vancouver in 2010 - and the silver medal she won in the inaugural monobob competition last week. “It’s so crazy to hear that stat and to know that I’m part of a legacy that’s bigger than me.” “That is overwhelming,” Meyers Taylor said. The bronze was her fifth Olympic medal, one more than the American speedskater Shani Davis won in his Olympic career, and marked her fourth straight podium finish in the two-woman event. Doug Mills/The New York TimesĮlana Meyers Taylor of the United States became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history on Saturday by winning the bronze medal in the two-woman bobsled event at the Beijing Games. On Saturday, she added a bronze in the two-woman event. Elana Meyers Taylor won a silver medal in monobob last Sunday.
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