She is scheduled to compete in the women’s monobob and two-woman bobsled events. Meyers Taylor, who won two silver medals and a bronze at previous Olympics, is a two-time women's bobsled world and overall World Cup champion. Meyers Taylor was put into self-isolation after testing positive, where she continued to train during the week, while awaiting to be cleared. "I'll be leaving tonight, which is the morning for you guys, and headed to another hotel, so I can start the process of getting back into training and getting everything ready to race," she told NBC's Today Show this morning. Two days after arriving in the Chinese capital, she tested positive and has been self-isolating. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)Īmerican bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has been given the green light to compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after testing negative for Covid-19, according to the official Olympics site. The team skating event format is almost like a mini-Olympics: Every team enters a man, a woman, a pairs team and a set of ice dancers, and the five best-scoring countries advance to a free skate on Monday, where the team with the most points after all the events are completed wins.Įlana Meyers Taylor has been cleared to compete after testing negative twice for Covid-19. Valieva has already broken world records - and look out for her quad jumps. On Sunday, it is the turn for the women to take to the ice in the short program, so it should mean a first Olympic look at 15-year-old Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee. Nathan Chen, considered the gold-medal favorite in figure skating’s men’s singles event, finished in first place last Friday in the men’s short program of the team event, giving the US team an edge to win an early medal in Beijing. There will also be a fresh winner crowned, as Aksel Lund Svindal, who has since retired, won in PyeongChang four years ago - the first time Norway claimed top spot in the marquee event.įigure skating: A long way to go with the short program at the team event The 29-year-old set the pace on the new course, dubbed "The Rock." With no test events held at the newly designed slope because of the pandemic, it is arguably the fairest downhill race in history as everyone is new to the course. Norway's in-form Aleksander Aamodt Kilde laid down a marker by setting the fastest time on Friday in the wind-affected second training run for the men's downhill. These are some key moments to look out for:Ĭan Norway remain on the up with the men's downhill?
Day two of the 2022 Winter Olympics will include events in ski jumping, curling, ice hockey, snowboarding, luge and figure skating, to name a few.
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