Country Wins Their 1st-Ever Medal at Winter Olympic Games
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Georgia’s Elana Meyers Taylor Wins Gold And Ties Olympic Record
Congratulations Elana!
At the ongoing Winter Olympics Milan–Cortina 2026, Georgian figure skaters Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava have written a new chapter
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At 41 years old, Georgia's Elana Meyers Taylor just won her 6th Olympic medal. This time, it's gold!
For the first time, Elana Meyers Taylor has won an Olympic gold medal; Milan Cortina is her fifth Olympic appearance. Taylor, a Douglasville native, has won medals at all four of her previous Olympics — three silvers and two bronze. Gold has always been her goal.
The Olympic figure skating pairs competition ended with Japan taking gold and Team USA getting two top 10 finishes. See full results, highlights.
Nika Egadze and the figure skating team just missed out on the country’s first medal at the Winter Games.
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Meet Elana Meyers Taylor: Georgia native and most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history
She's one of the fiercest bobsledders to compete in the sport, and she calls metro Atlanta her hometown. Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor is now a first-time Gold medalist, after winning the monobob in the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games. This is her fifth Olympics.
ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will host the 2026
The pair won a surprise gold at the 2024 World Championships, and continued to push forward toward the 2026 Olympics even as the obstacles grew higher and higher, from tougher competition to lingering illness and injury. Still, they persisted, and in January were named to the Canadian Olympic team and slated to skate in the team event.