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Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic gold
At 41, Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest woman to win individual Winter Olympic gold, overcoming injuries and low rankings with key support from her husband and team.
- On Tuesday, Elana Meyers Taylor, U.S. bobsledder, won the women’s monobob gold at the Milan‑Cortina Games, becoming the oldest woman at age 41 to win an individual Winter Games gold and tying Bonnie Blair with six Olympic medals.
- Barely two months earlier, Meyers Taylor nearly quit amid pain and doubts; Nic Taylor flew to Norway after a Spurs player gifted a plane ticket, and her team kept believing in her.
- Preparing with Jadin O'Brien on Monday, Meyers Taylor taught her sons sign language, with Noah later putting on her gold medal after a razor‑thin 0.04-second victory over Laura Nolte.
- Meyers Taylor said `That’s a moment I’ve been working for every four years and that’s why I came back is for that moment, to be on that start line and feel that again`, and she and her husband now face decisions about adding a third child while she processes the win.
- Her comeback is more remarkable given past Olympic near‑misses, including losing the 2018 Pyeongchang race by 0.07 seconds and leading the 2014 Sochi race before losing.
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