Kaillie Humphries, of the United States, right, and teammate Elana Meyers Taylor celebrate winning the gold and silver medals in the women’s monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.
LAKE PLACID — American bobsled and skeleton athletes collected a combined 71 medals on the World Cup, Monobob, Para Sport, Intercontinental Cup, European Cup and North American Cup tours and claimed three medals at the 2022 Beijing Games to cap off a historic season.
“We are so proud of the athletes on this team for not only their performances, but for the tenacity, determination and focus they displayed throughout the season,” USABS CEO Aron McGuire said in a statement. “It was already a challenging season as we continued to navigate competing through a pandemic, but there were other hurdles thrown at the team constantly and our athletes stepped up each and every time. Every athlete, whether they were on the medal stand or not, contributed to the success of this team and deserves credit for making USABS one of the strongest teams in the world.”
The women’s monobob Olympic competition was shown live on NBC following Super Bowl LVI and had over 27 million viewers according to USABS, which is twice as many viewers as the Oscars had last year and more than any Olympic sport. The average primetime viewership for the Olympic Games on NBC was 10.7 million.
The U.S. women shined while under the spotlight by claiming three of the six Olympic medals available in the women’s bobsled events, beating out Germany and Canada for the most medals won in Beijing.
Since women’s bobsled was added to the Olympic program for Salt Lake in 2002, the U.S. has won more medals than any other nation in those events (USA, 9; Germany, 6; Canada, 5; Italy, 1).
Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor led the way by winning two Olympic medals — a silver in women’s monobob and a bronze medal — with Sylvia Hoffman in…