Elana Meyers Taylor made history on Saturday, becoming the most decorated Black Winter Olympian with five medals when she won bronze in the two-woman bobsled with a combined time of 4:05.48 alongside Sylvia Hoffman.
Germany's Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi clinched the gold with a combined time of 4:03.96. Countrywomen Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt clinched the silver with a combined time of 4:04.73.
Another German duo, Kim Kalicki and Lisa Buckwitz, secured fourth place with a combined time of 4:06.28, and Canada's Christine De Bruin secured fifth place with a combined time of 4:06.37.On the third run, German pilots Nolte and Jamanka extended their leads on the top two spots. Meyers Taylor secured third, De Bruin fourth and Kalicki fifth. Humphries stood in sixth, down from her fifth-place standing after Friday’s heats one and two.in the women’s monobob event earlier in the Games.
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