Elana Meyers Taylor (right). (AFP/Yonhap)
Elana Meyers Taylor, a 41-year-old mother raising two children with disabilities, won her first Olympic gold medal in her fifth Games appearance.
Taylor posted 59.51 seconds in the fourth and final run of the women’s monobob on Feb. 17 (Korea time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Her four-run total of 3:57.93 edged Germany’s Laura Nolte (3:57.97) by 0.04 seconds for the title at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Born in October 1984, Taylor won three silver medals and two bronze medals from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. This time, she finally stood atop the Olympic podium.
Taylor has continued competing after giving birth to Nico, who is deaf, in 2020, and Noah, who has Down syndrome, in 2022.
Ahead of the Games, she said, “There is light at the end of the tunnel,” adding, “I want to give hope to many parents raising children with disabilities.”
Taylor posted 59.51 seconds in the fourth and final run of the women’s monobob on Feb. 17 (Korea time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Her four-run total of 3:57.93 edged Germany’s Laura Nolte (3:57.97) by 0.04 seconds for the title at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Born in October 1984, Taylor won three silver medals and two bronze medals from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. This time, she finally stood atop the Olympic podium.
Taylor has continued competing after giving birth to Nico, who is deaf, in 2020, and Noah, who has Down syndrome, in 2022.
Ahead of the Games, she said, “There is light at the end of the tunnel,” adding, “I want to give hope to many parents raising children with disabilities.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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