After motherhood, COVID isolation, Elana Meyers Taylor readies for bobsled competition
by Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times
Feb 11, 2022
3 minutes
BEIJING — Elana Meyers Taylor was ready. The three-time Olympic medalist who was elected by her peers to carry the United States flag during the opening ceremony pulled on a red, white and blue jacket, white pants, red boots and a blue beanie. The only thing missing from the bobsledder’s ensemble was the flag she was meant to carry.
That accessory was instead in the hands of Brittany Bowe and John Shuster.
Sitting inside an isolation hotel, Meyers Taylor missed the opening ceremony because of a positive coronavirus test.
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