Costly second run hinders Meyers Taylor’s medal chances
Before disaster struck, defending two-woman bronze medalist Meyers Taylor was in 5th and 0.22 seconds off of Humphries’ pace after Run 1 with her rookie brakewoman Jadin O’Brien.
However, the two made a costly mistake at the start of their second run, hitting the wall out of their start and skidding sideways into the first curve. That lost them a full second on their cumulative time and they enter Saturday in 12th place.
“I saw it going right to the wall. I tried to steer it away and just could not react in time,” Meyers Taylor told reporters at Cortina Sliding Centre. “So we hit [the wall], skidded up the first curve, and after you do that, it’s game over. I tried to salvage the run as much as possible, but when you make that kind of mistake, that is devastating. It’s just hard to fight back.
“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.”
