The Latest Breaking News from Elana Meyers Taylor

Lindsey Vonn is one of seven Team USA athletes who will be competing at a fifth Winter Olympics

She was competing in the U.S. track championships as recently as September and was initially skeptical when invited to try bobsled

Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. was second in 4:20.81 — 1.54 seconds back — for her fourth Olympic medal, one that came after she took a year off following the Pyeongchang Games to become a mother.

BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries stood up straight in her moving bobsled, stretching her arms wide in a pose reminiscent of a favorite internet meme.

Day ten of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The two U.S. stars own many medals between them, but they’ll be remembered most for their fight for equality and representation in their sport, including the addition of the women-only monobob event to the Games in Beijing.

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…