Americans Kallie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor win gold, silver in first Olympics monobob competition

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(BEIJING) — American bobsled athletes Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor took gold and silver respectively in the first monobob competition in Olympics history.

Meyers Taylor’s silver was especially impressive considering she spent a week in quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test.

Humphries, meanwhile, who was competing for the United States in the Olympics for the first time after winning two golds for Canada in the two-person bobsled, dominated the competition, winning by more than 1.5 seconds.

Canada’s Christine de Bruin, who had held second entering the fourth and final run, earned the bronze. Meyers Taylor saved her