Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, wins gold in 5th Olympic appearance

Elana Meyers Taylor won the Olympic gold medal for Team USA in women's monobob connected Monday, making her the astir decorated U.S. pistillate bobsledder retired there. 

She bushed retired Germany's Laura Nolte. Fellow American, Kaillie  Armbruster Humphries, who's won golden 3 times, took location the bronze. 

Meyers Taylor, a 41-year-old five-time Olympian, antecedently won metallic 3 times and bronze twice. She besides has much medals to her sanction than immoderate Black jock successful Winter Olympics history, according to Team USA. 

With Monday's gold, she's besides tied velocity skater Bonnie Blair for the astir medals by a pistillate U.S. Winter Olympian. Speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, who earned 8 medals crossed 3 Winter Olympics, holds the wide apical spot for U.S. Winter Olympians.

Meyers Taylor is besides present the oldest American pistillate to ever triumph golden astatine the Winter Games.

"I emotion going accelerated and I emotion being capable to power this happening that should beryllium retired of control, that should beryllium uncontrollable," she told CBS News earlier the race. "It's conscionable truthful overmuch amusive to maine and erstwhile you deed the curves close and erstwhile you're gliding, it feels similar being a superhero."

Meyers Taylor besides competes successful two-woman bobsled. 

Last year, she took location bronze successful the satellite championships. Overall, she's earned 10 medals crossed her years competing successful the satellite championships.

Meyers Taylor primitively had hopes of competing successful the Summer Olympics arsenic a shot player, but told CBS News she "had a catastrophe of a tryout." Her parents, who'd seen bobsledding connected TV, suggested she springiness it a shot. 

Husband Nic Taylor is simply a erstwhile Olympic bobsledder. 

A ma of two, Meyers Taylor is besides an advocator for children who person disabilities. Both of her sons, Nico and Noah, are deaf and Nico besides has Down Syndrome. In summation to grooming for the Olympics, she's besides juggled mean parenting responsibilities and learning motion language. 

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