Inside Elana Meyers Taylor's Journey to Become Most Decorated Black Athlete in Winter Olympics History
, adding that she cried at least once every day while in isolation. "With all [Nico's] disabilities, I didn't know how he would be, being away from me."
Nico was born prematurely by emergency C-section and was then diagnosed with hearing loss and Down syndrome. "But he's handling it like a champ," Taylor continued. "He misses his mommy, of course. He misses his daddy. But he's a trooper. He's the greatest kid in the world." While in isolation, the family lived under strict COVID-19 safety restrictions. "Everything feels like it's crumbling. You lose all sense of control," Taylor told. "You can't even open your door. You can't choose what you want to eat. You can't choose anything. You get all your control taken away from you."it was "hard to even focus on bobsled," adding, "I just couldn't clear my head.", she wrote, "Isolation was rough.
Earlier this week, Taylor placed second at the women's monobob final. With her recent win, she is also the first woman to win two bobsled medals at the same Winter Olympics.
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