CALGARY, Alberta (AP) – American Elana Meyers Taylor and Canada’s Kaillie Humphries became the first women to race in a four-person event in World Cup bobsled history Saturday.
Humphries finished 15th with a two-run time of 1 minute, 48.87 seconds, and Meyers Taylor, from Douglasville, Georgia, was 16th out of the 17 finishers in 1:49.52. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation declared the four-person discipline gender neutral this fall.
“Everyone was so excited to see us race today and it really helped me realize the significance of the moment,” Meyers Taylor said. “There were some little girls at the track that were excited to watch women’s bobsled today, and hopefully what Kaillie and I are doing inspires them.
“I hope someday a woman racing in four-man isn’t news. I’m willing to do anything it takes to advance our sport, even if it means racing twice in a day.”
Meyers Taylor teamed with Justin Greenwood of Palmyra, Virginia; Carlo Valdes of Newport Beach, California; and Adrian Adams of Reidsville, North Carolina, in the Classroom Champions sled.