Germany’s Nolte, Buckwitz lead USA’s Humphries at two-woman bobsled midpoint
Costly second run hinders Meyers Taylor’s medal probabilities
Before catastrophe struck, defending two-woman bronze medalist Meyers Taylor was in fifth and 0.22 seconds off of Humphries’ tempo after Run 1 along with her rookie brakewoman Jadin O’Brien.
However, the 2 made a expensive mistake at the beginning of their second run, hitting the wall out of their begin and skidding sideways into the primary curve. That misplaced them a full second on their cumulative time and so they entered Saturday within the twelfth place.
“I saw it going right to the wall. I tried to steer it away and just couldn’t react in time,” Meyers Taylor advised reporters at Cortina Sliding Centre. “So we hit [the wall]skidded up the primary curve, and after you do this, it is recreation over. I attempted to salvage the run as a lot as attainable, however whenever you make that type of mistake, that’s devastating. It’s simply exhausting to battle again.
“You’re never out of it,” she continued. “It’s a pretty intimidating lead, but at the end of the day, we get to go back and be in the sled. I’ve got two more runs at Olympic level, and I’m going to make the best of it. That’s all you can really do.”
