USA's Elena Meyers Taylor win's dramatic gold medal in monobob, teammate Katie Humphries takes bronze

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USA's Elana Meyers Taylor waves an US flag after winning gold in the bobsleigh women's monobob heat 4 at Cortina Sliding Centre during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 16, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)
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USA's Elana Meyers Taylor competes in the bobsleigh women's monobob heat 3 at Cortina Sliding Centre during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 16, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)
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Two Games into the existence of Olympic monobob, Team USA continues to dominate. And Elena Meyers Taylor is a gold medalist after a dramatic come-from-behind victory in Monday's final..

Her U.S. teammate Kallie Humphries won bronze, while Germany's Laura Nolte secured silver.

Dramatic final secures repeat U.S. gold​

Meyers Taylor completed her final run on Monday knowing the time she needed to finish ahead of her teammate, Humphries, who secured a podium position one run earlier.

She ran a clean run and crossed the finish line with a combined time of 3:57.93, 0.12 seconds ahead of Humphries' time. The run secured silver at worst and put pressure on Nolte, who had held the lead through the first three runs of competition.

Nolte sledded the final run of the day and crossed the finish line with a combined time of 3:57.97, .04 seconds behind Meyers Taylor's run, ensuring gold for Meyers Taylor.

Through two Games, Team USA now has four of the six medals awarded in Olympic monobob competition. Humphries and Meyers Taylor have all four. Humphries won gold in Beijing, and Meyers Taylor won silver.

Armed with her silver from Beijing, Meyers Taylor, 41, entered the Milan Cortina Games brimming with confidence.

“My nickname for people who know me most is E-Money,” Taylor told NBC News prior to competition. “I’m money under pressure.”

She now has an Olympic gold medal to back up her boasts.

Monobob is in its second Games after debuting in Beijing in 2022. It features a single driver in a lighter sled than used by two- and four-person bobsled teams. It's a women's-only event at the Olympic level and brings the number of bobsled competitions for men and women to two each.

Women compete in monobob and two-woman bobsleds. Men compete in two-man and four-man teams.

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