Elana Meyers Taylor has made historical past as essentially the most adorned Black winter Olympian after securing a silver medal within the ladies’s two-person bobsleigh warmth 4 on Feb. 19 — the fifth medal of her profession. This win additionally made Meyers Taylor essentially the most adorned ladies’s Olympic bobsled athlete. To cap off her historic 2022 Olympic run, Meyers Taylor was flag bearer for Group USA on the Video games’ closing ceremony. Watch the celebratory Twitter video NBC Olympics posted in honor of Meyers Taylor’s medal-winning achievement, under.
In a post-race interview on Feb. 19, Meyers Taylor spoke about her emotions in direction of making Winter Video games historical past, in line with “CNN.” She says, “It is so loopy to listen to that stat and to know that I am a part of a legacy that is larger than me. Hopefully it simply encourages increasingly Black athletes to come back out to winter sports activities. . . I believe the extra variety we have now, the stronger our sport could be. So hopefully that is simply the beginning of increasingly individuals popping out and making an attempt winter sports activities.”
Till Meyers Taylor’s latest victory, pace skater Shani Davis held the title of most adorned Black winter Olympian, with 4 medals to his identify. Meyers Taylor’s fourth medal was earned simply days earlier than, on Feb. 14, throughout the ladies’s monobob. She claimed silver. The four-time Olympian has beforehand earned Olympic medals in three ladies’s two-person bobsleigh occasions. She’s received silver medals in PyeongChang (2018) and Sochi (2014) together with a bronze medal in Vancouver (2010).
Elana Meyers Taylor is now essentially the most adorned lady to ever compete in Olympic bobsled.
This run by @eamslider24 assured medals for her workforce and propelled her to #WinterOlympics historical past. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/TzTGj3v7GP
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 19, 2022