?Incredibly Proud of You?- Billie Jean King Hails US Winter Olympian for Overcoming Major Setbacks to Clinch Silver Medal at Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 has provided fans with outstanding moments. With some incredible victories followed by unlucky crashes, the Olympics are looking good, heading towards its last week. However, the silver medal victory of Elana Meyers Taylor is inspiring. She won it for her signature Monobob event as she struggled through adversities to fetch the silver medal. A happy Taylor had her son Nico’s sticker on her shoes. Former legendary tennis player Billie Jean King congratulated her on her performance.

Significantly, Covid-19 derailed her hopes of performing well in the Olympic competitions. Hence, she overcame all the adversities and fetched her fourth Olympic medal. A stunning feat and one of the inspiring stories of this year’s Olympics.

Billie Jean King wishes Elana Meyers Taylor

With all the tough times in front of her, it was hard for Taylor to focus on her preparation with the virus coming into play. Keeping her hopes up, she won the silver medal and posted a video on Instagram with her son Nico playing with the medal. Under the comment section, legendary tennis player Billie Jean King congratulated the athlete and showed her appreciation with a comment.

“So incredibly proud of you. Congratulations!”

Likewise, she was selected to be Team USA’s flag-bearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, along with John Shuster. But she tested positive and had to relinquish that position to speed skater, Brittany Bowe.

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From thereon, the start of the Olympics was not one that she thought to be. Despite all those problems, she returned to compete and had a rousing ovation from the Yanqing venue as fans gave her a stunning ovation.

A happy Taylor was lost for words

Significantly, she spoke about her experience in Beijing. With the pandemic making her preparations go for a toss, she was inspired by her son Nico, who was diagnosed with down syndrome and profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. To sum up, it is brilliant to see her son fighting, and that has inspired Taylor to perform well. Hence, what a way for Elana Meyers Taylor to win the gold medal. A great achievement, nonetheless, she spoke after her victory.

“Two days ago, I said to my coach Brian Shimer, I sat on one of the containers and said, ‘I don’t even know if I should do this right now’. I was really questioning whether I should come out. Thanks to my team. Thanks to everybody. They lifted me up and they lifted me up to silver medal,” said Taylor.

An inspirational and brilliantly determined athlete, Elana Meyers Taylor is a hero. This medal victory would mean the world to her and probably will be cherished, for a long time. Even Billie Jean King approved.

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