Elana Meyers Taylor finally captured Olympic gold.
It took her five Winter Olympics, but the legendary 41-year-old bobsledder reached the top of the podium Monday in the women’s monobob in Cortina, finishing in 3:57.93 seconds and edging Germany’s Laura Nolte by four-hundredths of a second in what is the closest women’s bobsled finish in Olympic history.
Meyers Taylor’s emotions came pouring out of her as she celebrated with her sons Nico, 5, who has Down syndrome, and Noah, 3; both are deaf.
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