Kaillie Humphries wins Olympic gold in Beijing for the United States in the women's monobob competition.
Kaillie Humphries and Sylvia Hoffman from USA finish third placed after the women's two-man bobsleigh World Cup race in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. BEIJING — Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and threw an American flag in the air.Four years ago, nobody would have seen that coming. The former Canadian bobsled heroine is an Olympic gold medalist for the third time — and for the first time, as a U.S. citizen.
Humphries became the first woman to win Olympic gold medals for two different countries, and the first Olympian to win gold for both the U.S. and Canada. She also is the first woman to win three golds in bobsledding, with a chance for a fourth later this week in the two-person event. Meyers Taylor is now a four-time medalist, giving her the most in USA Bobsled history — breaking a tie with three others,Apolo Ohno , Bonnie Blair , Bode Miller , Eric Heiden and Chad Hedrick are the only U.S. winter athletes with more medals. Meyers Taylor will vie for a fifth medal later this week in the traditional two-person women’s bobsled event.
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