Elana Meyers Taylor and Nic Taylor were married in April 2014 after a three-year relationship shaped by the world of bobsled.
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Elana Meyers Taylor and Nic Taylor were married in April 2014 after a three-year relationship shaped by the world of bobsled.
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Nic Taylor spent several years racing in four-man sleds as part of the U.S. bobsled team, before becoming a coach at the World Athletics Center in Arizona.
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Nic Taylor spent several years racing in four-man sleds as part of the U.S. bobsled team, before becoming a coach at the World Athletics Center in Arizona.
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Elana Meyers Taylor -- now coached in part by her husband, in Arizona -- has become one of the "fastest and strongest" pilots in the world of women's bobsled.
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Elana Meyers Taylor -- now coached in part by her husband, in Arizona -- has become one of the "fastest and strongest" pilots in the world of women's bobsled.
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With brakewoman Lauryn Williams (left), an Olympic relay champion on the track at London 2012, Meyers Taylor raced to bobsled silver at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
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With brakewoman Lauryn Williams (left), an Olympic relay champion on the track at London 2012, Meyers Taylor raced to bobsled silver at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Meyers Taylor's friend, Kaillie Humphries, piloted a Canadian sled to gold ahead of her at Sochi 2014. Humphries would be a guest at the Taylors' wedding two months later.
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Meyers Taylor's friend, Kaillie Humphries, piloted a Canadian sled to gold ahead of her at Sochi 2014. Humphries would be a guest at the Taylors' wedding two months later.
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Nic Taylor was not picked to race for the U.S. at Sochi 2014, but still made sure he was on hand to celebrate with his then-fiancee after she won silver.
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Nic Taylor was not picked to race for the U.S. at Sochi 2014, but still made sure he was on hand to celebrate with his then-fiancee after she won silver.
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After Sochi 2014, Meyers Taylor took up rugby sevens and spent the summer playing in two major tournaments for the U.S. women's team. She hopes to return to rugby in the future -- possibly at Rio 2016, where the discipline will make its Olympic debut.
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After Sochi 2014, Meyers Taylor took up rugby sevens and spent the summer playing in two major tournaments for the U.S. women's team. She hopes to return to rugby in the future -- possibly at Rio 2016, where the discipline will make its Olympic debut.
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In November, Meyers Taylor and her husband assembled a four-man team -- piloted by Meyers Taylor -- for U.S. selection trials in Park City, Utah.
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In November, Meyers Taylor and her husband assembled a four-man team -- piloted by Meyers Taylor -- for U.S. selection trials in Park City, Utah.
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Racing in four-man means going up against the likes of Steven Holcomb (pictured, front), who piloted the U.S. to four-man gold at Vancouver 2010.
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Racing in four-man means going up against the likes of Steven Holcomb (pictured, front), who piloted the U.S. to four-man gold at Vancouver 2010.
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Meyers Taylor says she has the sled-driving ability to compensate for her weight disadvantage against Holcomb and other leading male four-man pilots.
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Meyers Taylor says she has the sled-driving ability to compensate for her weight disadvantage against Holcomb and other leading male four-man pilots.
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