Team USA Olympic star Elana Meyers Taylor faces brakeman challenge ahead of Winter Games

Team USA Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor revealed past week she was progressive successful 2 arbitration cases up of the Milan Cortina Games implicit the enactment of her brakeman for her sled.

Meyers Taylor is among the 3 women acceptable to vie successful the monobob with Kaillie Humphries and Kaysha Loe. The 2026 Winter Olympics volition beryllium her 5th aft racking up metallic medals successful 2014, 2018 and 2022 and bronze medals successful 2010 and 2022. She won a metallic medal successful the monobob successful 2022.

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Elana Meyers Taylor speaks connected signifier Fanatics Fest NYC 2025 astatine Javits Center connected June 22, 2025, successful New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images for Fanatics)

She lamented the "daunting" process with the commencement of the Games lone days away.

"Over the past 2 weeks I person been progressive successful 2 abstracted arbitration cases contesting the enactment of the brakeman chosen for my sled for these Olympic Games," Meyers Taylor wrote successful a station connected Instagram. "While I respect the process and the contesting athletes’ rights to beryllium heard, this process has been daunting.

"I’ve hired a lawyer, had each azygous propulsion and thrust of a hard play scrutinized, had my driving quality and medal imaginable questioned, and had to recount 1 of the astir horrific crashes of my vocation respective times - each portion trying to hole for 2 of the biggest races of my career. Therefore, I volition nary longer beryllium commenting oregon taking immoderate questions successful respect to the enactment of my brakeman."

Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) descends the way connected Jan. 3, 2026. (Robert Michael/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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Meyers Taylor added that she volition notation immoderate questions to the Team USA Bobsled and Skeleton team.

Jadin O’Brien was acceptable to beryllium paired with Meyers Taylor successful the competition. O’Brien made an announcement connected her Instagram 2 days earlier Meyers Taylor revealed the issue.

"I can’t hold (to) get to enactment and bring location a medal with @elanameyerstaylor," O’Brien wrote connected Instagram. "Very fewer radical cognize however hard these past fewer months person been, but I’m beyond grateful for my family, my faith, and my fellow for getting maine to this point."

Elana Meyers Taylor of Team United States poses during the medal ceremonial pursuing the Women's Monobob Race Heat 4 connected time 4 of the 2025 IBSF World Championships astatine Mt. Van Hoevenberg connected March 9, 2025, successful Lake Placid, New York. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

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