Gold medallist Kaillie Humphries of Team United States (right) and silver medallist Elana Meyers Taylor (left), also of the U.S., celebrate after the inaugural final of the women's monobob event at the Winter Games.
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金牌得主，来自美国队的凯莉·汉弗莱斯(Kaillie Humphries)(右)以及同样来自美国队的银牌得主埃拉娜·迈耶斯·泰勒(Elana Meyers Taylor)(左)在冬奥会首次女子雪车项目决赛后欢呼
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BEIJING — The U.S.'s Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor became the first women ever to medal — gold and silver, respectively — at the inaugural Olympic monobob event.

北京——美国队的凯莉·汉弗莱斯和埃拉娜·迈耶斯·泰勒分别成为有史以来第一位在首届奥运会单人雪车项目上获得金牌和银牌的女性。

Canada's Christine de Bruin won bronze.

加拿大队的克莉丝汀·德布鲁因(Christine de Bruin)摘得铜牌。

The Team USA teammates were behind the push to get the women's monobob added to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

美国队队友推动了2022冬季奥运会增设女子单人雪车项目
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Humphries said this achievement opens the door for other young girls and women.

汉弗莱斯说，这一成就为其他年轻女孩和女性打开了大门。

"The women before me have allowed this to happen and I want to make sure that continues for all future generations."

“在我之前的女性已经允许这种情况发生，我想确保这能在所有后来者中继续下去。”

Meyers Taylor called it "historic."

迈耶斯·泰勒称这是“具有历史意义的”。

This is not the first time Humphries and Meyers Taylor have shared the podium. The duo have medaled three prior times in the two-woman bobsled event going back to the 2010 Vancouver Games. The Beijing Winter Games are their fourth appearance at the Olympics.

这不是汉弗莱斯和迈耶斯·泰勒第一次一起站上领奖台。两人在2010年温哥华奥运会的双人雪橇比赛中曾三次获得奖牌。北京冬季奥运会是他们第四次参加奥运会。

This is Humphries' first Olympics representing Team USA. The 36-year-old previously competed and medaled for Canada, but left following a harassment complaint against the country's bobsled and skeleton team. She previously won gold for Team Canada in the two-woman bobsled event in 2010 and 2014 and bronze for the same event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

这是汉弗莱斯第一次代替美国队出战。这位36岁的球员曾为加拿大队参加比赛并获得奖牌，但在接到对该国有舵雪橇和俯式冰撬队的骚扰投诉后，她离开了队伍。此前，她为加拿大队在2010年和2014年赢得女子双人有舵雪橇项目的金牌，并且在2018年平昌冬奥会的该项目上夺得铜牌。

"This one does feel more emotional for me. Although each Olympic journey has been different, I've had to choose to walk away from my original birth nation," Humphries said. "I've had to fight. There have been a lot of people that have tried to stand in my way. And there have been a lot of obstacles to get to this point."

“这枚奖牌让我感到更加激动。虽然每次奥运之旅都不同，但是我不得不选择离开我最初的出生国。” 汉弗莱斯说道。“我不得不战斗。许多人试图阻止我。取得现在这个成绩，一路上有很多的阻碍。”

The 37-year-old Meyers Taylor won silver for the U.S. in 2018 and 2014 and won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, also for the two-woman bobsled event.

37岁的迈耶斯·泰勒也在女子双人有舵雪橇项目上，为美国夺得了2018年和2014年的银牌，并且在2010年的温哥华冬奥会赢得了铜牌。


USA's Kaillie Humphries competes in the women's monobob bobsleigh event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 14, 2022.
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2022年2月14日，北京2022冬季奥运会期间，美国队凯莉·汉弗莱斯在延庆国家雪车雪橇中心(Yanqing National Sliding Centre)女子单人雪车项目比赛。
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Humphries was the favorite leading into the competition after winning the 2021 World Championship for monobob in Altenberg, Germany. She maintained her top performance during the two days of competition. She laid down the fastest two runs on Sunday at Yanqing National Sliding Center.

在2021届德国阿尔滕贝格雪车世界杯夺得冠军后，汉弗莱斯是最受欢迎的参赛选手。在两天的比赛中，她保持了她的最佳表现。周日，她在延庆国家雪车雪橇中心跑出了最快的两次。

On Monday, Humphries completed her run with a total time of 4:19.27.

周一，汉弗莱斯以4分19秒27的总成绩完成了她的比赛。

Meyers Taylor was running fourth going into Monday's competition. But by executing the fastest start time of the final round — 5.62 seconds — she bypassed Canada's de Bruin. A final run placed her right behind Humphries with a total time of 4:20.81.

迈耶斯·泰勒在周一的比赛中排名第四名。但她凭借着最后一轮最快的启动时间——5.62秒——绕过了加拿大的德布鲁因。最后一轮中，她以总成绩4分20秒81落后于汉弗莱斯。

Meyers Taylor's achievement is even more notable given she nearly lost out on the chance to participate at these Olympics entirely. She tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after arriving in Beijing and was placed in isolation. She finally tested negative after days spent in her hotel room.

迈耶斯·泰勒甚至更加引人注目，因为她几乎完全失去了参加比赛的资格。她在到达北京后便被检测出了Covid-2019阳性，并被隔离了起来。她在酒店房间待了几天后，最终检测阴性。

She said she was emotionally and mentally drained from that experience and felt unprepared before the competition.

她说那次经历让她在情感上和精神上都筋疲力尽，在比赛前她感到毫无准备。

"My runs showed it, my runs were just terrible and I just couldn't clear my head," she said. "There was so much fog in my head from everything that had been going on. I was really questioning whether I should come out."

“我的一系列表现证明了这一点。我的表现太糟糕了，我只是没办法使我的头脑清醒，“她说道。”对于发生的一切我感到非常的迷茫。我真的怀疑我是否应该出战。“

With the help of her support system, she pushed through.

在她的决策支持系统的帮助下，她顺利完成了比赛。

"Thanks to my team. Thanks to everybody. They lifted me up and they lifted me up to silver medal."

“感谢我的队伍，感谢所有人，他们鼓励我，让我获得了银牌。“