Elana Meyers Taylor
Tar Heels AD Cunningham to take spot on USOPC board

Dec. 12, 2022 05:48 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham will be among the new members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic board of directors...

USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn resigns, citing family reasons

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 08, 2022 04:54 PM EDT
USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn has stepped down after four seasons, though he may remain with the national team in a different capacity. Kohn, an Olympic...

Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi, of Germany, celebrate winning the gold medal in the women's bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
More gold for Germany, more Olympic history by Meyers Taylor

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 19, 2022 09:44 AM EST

Britain's Gus Kenworthy crashes during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Wind creates a full-blown mess on Olympics' penultimate day

By Jake Seiner Feb. 19, 2022 05:28 AM EST

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, right, of the United States, react after competing in the pairs free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US skaters lose appeal to get silver medals

Feb. 18, 2022 09:09 PM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States speeds along the track during a 2-woman bobsled training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
For Love and Hoffman, the wait for Olympic bobsled race ends

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 16, 2022 11:13 PM EST

FILE- U.S. Steven Holcomb, left, and Carlo Valdes stand on the podium after the last run in the two-man bobsled competition at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Five years since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, he is still felt within the program. “I definitely made my peace with him being gone a long time ago,” said Valdes, who used to push for Holcomb. “Now, it’s about how I can help people understand the type of person he was — especially the guys on the team now." (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
At Olympics, Holcomb still an inspiration for USA Bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 10:41 PM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor, of the United States, reacts after the finish during the women's monobob heat 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
After medals, Humphries, Meyers Taylor back on Olympic ice

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 04:14 AM EST

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, trains at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Valieva remains in Olympics; Shiffrin preps for downhill

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 14, 2022 06:10 AM EST

Kaillie Humphries, of the United States, right, and teammate Elana Meyers Taylor celebrate winning the gold and silver medals in the women's monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
History for Humphries, who wins Olympic monobob gold for US

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 13, 2022 11:23 PM EST

Stefan Kraft, of Austria, celebrates with teammate Daniel Huber after they won gold in the men's team ski jumping eventat the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Olympics Live: US wins to set up gold-medal game with Canada

Feb. 13, 2022 09:29 PM EST

Kaillie Humphries, of United States, drives during the women's monobob heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Humphries has big lead for US at midpoint of Olympic monobob

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 12, 2022 10:55 PM EST

Ren Ziwei of China displays his gold medal during a medal ceremony for the men's 1,000-meter short track speedskating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US clinches men's hockey tournament top seed

Feb. 12, 2022 08:28 PM EST

Winner Kaillie Humphries of USA on the podium after the Women's Monobob World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (Mayk Wendt)/Keystone via AP)
Monobob arrives at Olympics, giving women 2nd medal event

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 12, 2022 12:46 AM EST

Madison Hubbell, right, and Zachary Donohue, of the United States, compete during the ice dance team program in the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
WHAT TO WATCH: Meyers Taylor leads monobob's Olympic debut

By Jake Seiner Feb. 11, 2022 12:39 PM EST

Elanta Meyers Taylor, of the United States, drives her bobsled during a women's monobob training heat at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Over COVID, Meyers Taylor gets Olympic bobsled training runs

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 10, 2022 07:27 AM EST

FILE - United States' Hannah Soar holds her skis after a run in the finals of a World Cup freestyle moguls competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Jan. 13, 2022. With Beijing Olympic organizers adopting a “zero COVID” policy and strict testing just to get on flights to China, skiers, sliders and skaters are taking extreme measures to avoid the coronavirus and its omicron variant. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Making Olympics just the start for athletes avoiding COVID

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 03, 2022 02:47 AM EST

COVID knocks Meyers Taylor out of Olympic flagbearer duty

Feb. 02, 2022 10:27 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was chosen Wednesday to be a flagbearer for the U.S. Olympic team but will not be able to attend the Winter Games...

Czech Republic's Tomas Paul sweeps the ice during their mixed doubles curling match against Norway, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Shuster to become 1st curler to carry US flag at Olympics

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 02, 2022 07:45 AM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor from USA takes first place at the Bobsleigh World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 . (Caroline Seidel/dpa via AP)
Meyers Taylor tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of Olympics

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 01, 2022 07:24 AM EST