American Elana Meyers Taylor finally takes gold at the Winter Olympics and makes Team USA history.

Elana Meyers Taylor being an Olympic gold medalist is no longer a dream. It’s a reality.

One of the greatest American Winter Olympians in Team USA history finally claimed a gold medal on Monday. It arrived in the women’s monobob competition at the 2026 Cortina Games in Milan, where she managed to retain first place in the event.

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Gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, left, and bronze medalist Kaillie Armbruster Humphries celebrate the finish line after the women’s monobob competition at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Meyers Taylor ran a time of 59.51 to vault ahead of teammate Kaillie Humphries for first place. The two still had to wait for the German Laura Nolte. They held their breath as Nolte lost just a few hundredths of a second in his race and finished in second place.

Meyers Taylor had a total time of 3:57.93. Nolte finished in 3:57.97. Humphries earned a bronze medal with a time of 3:58.05.

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Elana Meyers Taylor celebrates after the women’s monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

It is the first gold medal for Meyers Taylor. She tied Bonnie Blair as the most decorated Winter Olympian in Team USA history. Both women have six medals total.

Meyers Taylor had come this close to gold several times. She won a silver medal in the monobob in 2022 in Beijing and earned silver medals in the two-woman bobsled race in 2018 and 2014. She can now consider herself an Olympic gold medalist.

Humphries won his second Olympic medal. He won gold in 2022 in Beijing.

Elana Meyers Taylor slides down the track during a training session at the Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Team USA hasn’t been on the podium in many winter events, but adding two more medals to their total is something they’ll definitely get heading into the middle of the final week.

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