Elana Meyers Taylor clinches Olympic monobob gold for the USA
Elana Meyers Taylor captured Team USA’s first Olympic gold in women’s monobob at Milan-Cortina 2026, finishing 0.04 seconds ahead of Laura Nolte after a tight final heat. The 41-year-old mom of two added a long-awaited gold to her six-Olympic-medal career, underscoring that motherhood and age don’t limit elite performance, as teammate Kaillie Humphries took bronze.