Team USA's Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor win Olympic gold and silver in women's monobob

Kaillie Humphries brings home gold weeks after becoming a U.S. citizen. The silver is the 4th Olympic medal for Elana Meyers Taylor.

Humphries is monobob's first Olympic champion, finishing off a surprisingly easy win at the Beijing Games on Monday. She completed four runs in 4 minutes, 19.27 seconds to lead a gold-silver finish for the U.S. women's program, with teammate Elana Meyers Taylor placing second.

Team USA's Kaillie Humphries of the USA celebrates her gold medal with silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Feb. 14, 2022.Humphries gave the medal a big kiss as she put it around her neck, then put her hand over her heart and sang along with"The Star-Spangled Banner" as it blared in her honor.

It was the biggest winning margin by far in any of the six Olympic bobsled races that have been contested by women, smashing the 0.85-second victory that Humphries enjoyed at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

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