A repeat Olympic monobob competitor for Team USA has won her first gold medal!
Elana Meyers Taylor won gold with a total time of 3:57.93.
Germany’s Laura Nolte took silver with a total time of 3:57.97 and American Kaillie Armbruster Humphries earned bronze with a total time of 3:58.05.
Taylor and Humphries both set track records during the third heat, each finishing with a time of 59.08 seconds.
Taylor is a six-time Olympian, but this is her first gold medal at a Winter Games.
Taylor, Humphries and fellow American competitor Kaysha Love will now turn their attention to the two-woman bobsled event, which starts training heats on Tuesday.
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