Douglasville's Meyers Taylor Announces Winter Olympics Plans

DOUGLASVILLE, GA — Elana Meyers Taylor, 33, of Douglasville, will be the first woman to represent Team USA in bobsled at three Olympic Winter Games after she announced Saturday she will be headed to PyeongChang 2018.

Meyers Taylor made this ecstatic Facebook post Saturday evening, "Proud to announce that I will be representing Team USA in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang with Lauren Akila for my 3rd Olympics. Thank you to all my family, friends, fans, and supporters. We’ve got plenty of work to do but we’re in for the fight!"

Elana Meyers Taylor and Jamie Greubel Poser have been the nation’s two best drivers throughout the current quad, and started this season as the top-ranked drivers in the world.

USA Bobsled & Skeleton announced the women’s Olympic team Saturday, naming Lauren Gibbs as Meyers Taylor’s brakeman and Aja Evans as Jamie Greubel Poser’s. Briauna Jones will travel to Korea as the replacement athlete.

Meyers Taylor is a two-time Olympic medalist will be headed to her third Winter Games looking to earn a gold this time, after she took silver in 2014 and bronze as a brakeman in 2010. She is the defending world champion, earning one gold, three silver and two bronze world cup medals this season.

Photo courtesy Elana Meyers Taylor