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Team USA Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor revealed last week that she was involved in two arbitration cases ahead of the Milan Cortina Games regarding the selection of her brakeman for her sled.
Meyers Taylor is one of three women set to compete in monobob along with Kaillie Humphries and Kaysha Loe. The 2026 Winter Olympics will be her fifth after accumulating silver medals in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and bronze medals in 2010 and 2022. She won a silver medal in monobob in 2022.
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Elana Meyers Taylor speaks on stage at Fanatics Fest NYC 2025 at the Javits Center on June 22, 2025 in New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images for Fanatics)
She lamented the “intimidating” process just days before the start of the Games.
“Over the past two weeks, I have been involved in two separate arbitration cases challenging the selection of the brakeman chosen for my sled for these Olympic Games,” Meyers Taylor wrote in an Instagram post. “While I respect the process and the right of competing athletes to be heard, this process has been intimidating.
“I hired a lawyer, had every push and drive of a difficult season examined, questioned my riding abilities and medal potential, and had to repeatedly recount one of the most horrific accidents of my career – all while trying to prepare for two of the biggest races of my career. As a result, I will no longer comment or answer questions regarding my brakeman selection.”
Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) walks down the track on January 3, 2026. (Robert Michael/photo alliance via Getty Images)
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Meyers Taylor added that she would direct any questions to the Team USA bobsleigh and skeleton team.
Jadin O’Brien was to be paired with Meyers Taylor in the competition. O’Brien made an announcement on his Instagram two days before Meyers Taylor revealed the issue.
“Can’t wait to get to work and bring home a medal with @elanameyerstaylor,” O’Brien wrote on Instagram. “Very few people know how difficult the last few months have been, but I am beyond grateful to my family, my faith and my boyfriend for getting me to this point.”
Elana Meyers Taylor of Team USA poses during the medal ceremony after the Women’s Monobob Heat 4 race on day four of the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 9, 2025, in Lake Placid, New York. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
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The bobsleigh events are scheduled to begin on February 15.
