BEIJING — After winning silver in the Olympic debut of women’s monobob, Elana Meyers Taylor gave her medal to her son, Nico. The 2-year-old wore the red lanyard around his neck and turned the silver medal over in his hands as he rolled onto his back in a heartwarming video Meyers Taylor shared on Twitter. With two Olympic medals in tow, Meyers Taylor will get a redo during Sunday’s closing ceremony. Her United States teammates again elected her as the flagbearer.
Nico now has another new toy.
Meyers Taylor added a bronze medal in the two-woman event to her record-setting Olympic haul Saturday, bringing her total medal count to five. The 37-year-old pilot who paired with brakewoman Sylvia Hoffman is the most decorated Black athlete in the Winter Olympics, passing speedskater Shani David, and has the most Olympic medals for any female bobsledder and U.S. bobsledder.
