Elana Meyers Taylor Overcomes Challenges to Win Olympic Bobsled Gold
Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, supported by her team, husband, and the Spurs, overcame personal struggles to win an Olympic gold medal.
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How bobsledding legend Elana Meyers Taylor made Olympic history after almost quitting the sport
Elana Meyers Taylor became Olympic champion at the age of 41 after almost quitting bobsledding
By Tim Reynolds
Read full article →Swiss broadcaster pulls Olympic commentary questioning presence of Israeli bobsledder
RTS commentator critical of Adam Edelman Edelman dismisses ‘diatribe’ during bobsleigh run The Swiss broadcaster RTS said it had pulled from its website the commentary of an Olympic bobsleigh run in which one reporter questioned at length the presence of an Israeli athlete at the Games because of his alleged support for Israel’s actions in the Gaza war. The commentary on Radio Television Suisse was aired throughout one of the runs of the Israelis Adam Edelman and Chen Menachem in the two-man bobsleigh event on Monday. Continue reading...
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Read full article →Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic gold
Elana Meyers Taylor was in Norway, prepping for a World Cup bobsled weekend. Barely two months after nearly quitting — her husband, former bobsledder Nic Taylor, flew to Norway after those texts to talk her out of it — Meyers Taylor won the women's monobob gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games. And she was back on the ice Tuesday, prepping with Jadin O'Brien for the two-woman race that starts Friday. “The only thing that has really changed is I'm sleep-deprived now,” Meyers Taylor said.
By TIM REYNOLDS
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