Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States finally claimed a long-awaited Olympic bobsleigh gold with a win in the women's monobob at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games on Monday. The 41-year-old had previously won five Olympic medals - three silvers and two bronzes - and broke into tears,

By Mitch Phillips CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - American Elana Meyers Taylor finally claimed an Olympic gold medal at the age of 41 on Monday when the mother of two snatched the Monobob bobsleigh title by four hundredths of a second to put the icing on an incredible career.

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Bobsleigh might be too fast for "Saturday Night Live" comedian and writer Colin Jost. The "Weekend Update" host reported this Saturday from Lake Placid, New York, where numerous Winter Olympic athletes have trained at the Mount Van Hoevenburg Olympic Sports Complex.

Follow live from Day 10 of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with six more gold medals handed out in Milan Cortina today. Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, took gold and Kallie Humphries bronze in the women's individual bobsleigh event.

Some of the most daring solo athletes in the world look to strike gold on Monday in Cortina, as the final runs of the Women’s Monobob are set to begin at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Peterborough might not be known for its winter sports – there are no hills, and we rarely get any snow – but one Winter Olympic star has made his home in our city – and piloted the Jamaican bobsleigh at the last games four years ago.

With British skeleton and bobsleigh athletes working more closely together than ever before, Stoecker has spent a lot of time around former sprinter Nelson, who competed at two Summer Olympics and won European gold and world silver during her time on the athletics track.

Bobsleigh tracks are made of reinforced concrete topped with ice. Weather conditions can change the conditions of the ice, making it harder (if it's colder) or softer (if it's warmer). The colder the ice is, the faster bobsleds can go. Conversely, the warmer the ice gets, the slower bobsleighs will move.

You’ve heard of bobsleigh, or the more colloquially termed bobsled, and you’ve probably watched it during the airing of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, but do you actually know how the sport operates?