Meyers Taylor Wins Monobob Gold at Age 41

Elana Meyers Taylor claimed the gold medal in the women's monobob event at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, securing her first Olympic victory after five Games and becoming the oldest female champion in an individual Winter Olympic event at age 41.

The American pilot posted a total time of 3 minutes, 57.93 seconds across four runs at the Cortina d'Ampezzo track in Italy, holding off a late challenge from Germany's Laura Nolte, who finished with silver in 3:57.97. Teammate Kaillie Humphries, also 40 and competing in her fifth Olympics, took bronze with a time of 3:58.05. The close margins underscored the intensity of the competition, as Nolte entered the final run just behind Meyers Taylor but could not improve her standing.

This triumph marked Meyers Taylor's sixth career Winter Olympic medal, tying speed skater Bonnie Blair for the most by an American woman. Before this win, she held three silvers and two bronzes, including a debut bronze in the two-woman bobsled at the 2010 Vancouver Games, silvers in that event at Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018, and a silver plus bronze in 2022 Beijing, where monobob debuted. Her medal count also makes her the second-most...