“So much emotion,” Meyers Taylor said. “I wanted to cry, I wanted to smile, I wanted to laugh. I wanted to do everything. Yes, I’ve been on Olympic podiums before but none that’s been harder to get on than here.”
YANQING, China — It was almost 11 p.m. Saturday, and a bitter winter gale howled through the National Sliding Centre. As the wind chill dropped below zero, American two-womandriver Elana Meyers Taylor stood on a wooden podium, never seeming to feel the cold, and thought the bronze medal around her neck might have been the greatest thing she has ever won.“So much emotion,” she later said. “I wanted to cry, I wanted to smile, I wanted to laugh. I wanted to do everything.
Six days before, Meyers Taylor had sat in a sled storage container area with U.S. driving coach Brian Shimer and said she wasn’t sure she could keep going with these Games. She had been in isolation for eight days after testing positive for the
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Elana Meyers Taylor elected Team USA Olympic closing ceremony flag bearerAfter missing the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony due to a positive COVID test, bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will have her chance to wave the American flag at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
Weiterlesen »
Kaillie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor Look to Make Olympic HistoryTeam USA's Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor to compete in the two-woman bobsled at the Winter Olympics Saturday.
Weiterlesen »
Why Elana Meyers Taylor Keeps Price Tag on Olympic JacketThere’s a reason why Team USA bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor still has the price tag on her Winter Olympics jacket. She’s superstitious.
Weiterlesen »
Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor becomes most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics historyOlympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has just made history by becoming the most decorated Black athlete in the Winter Olympics.
Weiterlesen »
In full-circle moment, Elana Meyers Taylor named closing ceremony flag bearerThe bobsledder finally gets her chance to carry the American flag after she missed the honor during the opening ceremony following a positive COVID-19 test,
Weiterlesen »