Elana Meyers Taylor is familiar with Olympic starts that go awry.
A partly torn left Achilles’ tendon prevented her from walking during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. But weeks later, Meyers Taylor won a silver medal while wearing spikes modified by her husband, Nic Taylor, and enough tape to make a mummy proud.
“Afterward, it was just destroyed,” she said of her Achilles’, adding, “Fortunately, I was able to recover.”
In Beijing, Meyers Taylor, 37, is hoping to burst through another round of opening adversity in a similar way.