Kallie Humphries and Jasmine Jones win Olympic bobsleigh bronze for Team USA

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Saturday’s women’s two-man bobsleigh final at the Milan Cortina Olympics added another medal to the U.S. team’s total.

After winning a medal in the women’s monobob earlier this week, Kaillie Armbruster Humphries teamed up with Jasmine Jones to win another medal. The duo finished third in 3:49.21, earning bronze. Humphries and Jones also set a record in Heat 1.

Six Americans competed in the event and Humphries and Jones earned a podium finish. Humphries entered the Winter Games as a three-time Olympic gold medalist.

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Pilot Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones of the United States compete in the two-woman bobsleigh at the Cortina Sliding Center during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on February 21, 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Germany won the gold and silver medals on Saturday.

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Two-time Olympian Kaysha Love and first-time Olympian Azaria Hill were among the Americans in the field, finishing fifth with a time of 3:49.71. Fellow Americans Jadin O’Brien and Elana Meyers Taylor landed in seventh place.

Bronze medalists Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones of the United States celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the two-woman bobsleigh at the Cortina Sliding Center during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, February 21, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Meyers Taylor and O’Brien stumbled during their second run, sliding at the top of the track and falling to 12th before the final.

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Despite the mistake made in her final Olympic event, Meyers Taylor remains the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history. Meyers Taylor and Bonnie Blair are tied for the most medals an American woman has won at the Winter Games.

Pilot Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones of the United States celebrate after competing in the two-woman bobsleigh at the Cortina Sliding Center during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games on February 21, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Featured in almost every Winter Olympics, bobsleigh offers two-man, two-man and four-man events in Milan Cortina. The women’s monobob, added in 2022, is back this year. The sleds can reach speeds of 93 mph, according to the sport’s governing body.

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