Elana Meyers Taylor: "This has been a dream of dreams."

"This has been a dream of dreams," Elana Meyers Taylor told Olympics.com in an exclusive interview on Sunday (20 February).

Three weeks ago, she might not have been able to have seen that ending coming.

Life handed Meyers Taylor lemons, and she made them into the fourth and fifth Olympic medals of her career and another unforgettable moment.

The American bobsledder's fourth Olympic Games got off to a tough start with the 37-year-old, and her family, testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Asymptomatic, Meyers Taylor leaned on husband Nic Taylor, who also serves as her strength and conditioning coach and chiropractor, to stay ready for competition.

"It definitely wasn't easy," Meyers Taylor explained. "They got me to the point where I could at least get to the starting line, and I knew if we could get to the starting line, we would do good things.

"The other thing is my husband is just one of the most positive, optimistic people I've ever met. He never gave up. Every single day, he's like, 'We're going to do this, we're going to do this.

"You know, I'm crying my eyes out in isolation and he's like, 'No, we're going to do this. You're OK. Everything's OK.' He just kept reminding me that we got it."

Even before Meyers Taylor made it out of isolation or to the bobsleigh track, she had an Olympic moment that is all hers.

She was selected via a vote among her Team USA teammates to carry the U.S. flag at the Opening Ceremony.

Unable to do so, the honour went to the second highest vote-getter: speed skater Brittany Bowe.

Meyers Taylor called Bowe to let her know she'd be filling in.

"As much as it was hard to not carry it myself, to see her carry it and to have that moment to give