Two days after arriving in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, considered one of Crew USA’s finest hopes for a medal, examined optimistic for COVID-19.
The three-time Olympic medalist introduced her optimistic take a look at on social media Tuesday. In response to China’s Olympic COVID-19 protocols, Meyers Taylor should isolate, together with from her son Nico, who was born with Down syndrome in 2020 and remains to be nursing.
“Attending to the Olympics is rarely straightforward, and this time, as a brand new mother, it has been probably the most difficult, but additionally, extremely rewarding, to have the ability to present that it may possibly nonetheless be completed,” Meyers Taylor wrote on Instagram.
“So many individuals, particularly different mothers from all walks of life, have been so supportive of my efforts to get again to the Olympics. It’s been an unimaginable wave of positivity that I’ve been using [for] some time so I’m going to proceed to try this. That is simply the most recent impediment that my household and I've confronted on this journey, so I’m remaining optimistic that I’ll be capable of get well rapidly and nonetheless have the chance to compete.”
The Winter Olympics start Friday with the opening ceremony, however bobsled competitors doesn’t start till Feb. 13.
Meyers Taylor made her fourth Olympic group and is anticipated to compete with fellow American Kaillie Humphries for the gold medal in ladies’s monobob, which is making its Olympic debut this 12 months. Meyers Taylor, 37, gained the 17-event World Cup collection this season with 1,110 factors, narrowly edging out Humphries’ 1,052. The teammates positioned first and second within the ultimate race of the season with Humphries, a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Canada, ending 0.04 seconds forward of Meyers Taylor.
Meyers Taylor gained silver medals because the pilot in two-woman bobsled within the Sochi and Pyeongchang Olympics and gained a bronze with pilot Erin Pac in Vancouver.
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