Meyers Taylor To Carry US Flag At Closing Ceremony
Feb 18, 2022, 5:36 AM
Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States celebrates after the bobsleigh women's monobob heat at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Photo by Yao Jianfeng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
(Photo by Yao Jianfeng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) – Elana Meyers Taylor has been picked to be a flagbearer again. And this time, she’ll be able to take the job.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Friday night that the four-time Olympian bobsledder will carry the American flag into Sunday night’s closing ceremony of the Beijing Games.
The announcement was synched to Meyers Taylor’s first run in the women’s bobsled event. As soon as she crossed the line in the first heat, the USOPC revealed that she was the flagbearer pick.
Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will represent the United States as the flag bearer for @TeamUSA at the #WinterOlympics Closing Ceremony. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ITGMVt0kf7
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2022
Meyers Taylor was chosen to be one of the flagbearers for the U.S. at the opening ceremony on Feb. 4 but could not participate because she was in isolation following a positive COVID-19 test. That spot went to speedskater Brittany Bowe instead, who led the U.S. delegation into the opening alongside curler John Shuster.
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