Top Team USA Moments at the 2022 Winter Olympics

It’s not quite a neat path that intertwines four Women’s Games, but there’s an inextricable spirit shared by Erin Jackson, Brittany Bowe, Elana Meyers Taylorand Kaillie Humphries in Beijing.

It started before the Olympics, when Bowe passed on one of her events to Jackson, the star skater who just had a bad day at Trials. Jackson would go on to win gold in her event, and Bowe claimed a medal later in the Games.

Bowe got an Unexpected Honor of her own, but only because Meyers Taylor tested positive for COVID-19 and could not serve as a flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony.

When Meyers Taylor selected Bowe to replace herthe bobsled star did not know whether she’d compete in front of her family at the age of 37. And Meyers Taylor‘s unknown status as a competitor was something keenly felt by Humphries, whose calling out of alleged abuse from her Team Canada Coach could’ve left her without a Nation. Instead, she’d finish 1-2 with Meyers Taylor.

Throw in Jessie Diggins making history when she won Bronze in the Women’s individual Sprint (freestyle) to become the first two-time Olympic medalist in US cross-country skiing history and … well …

You can’t say enough about these women, fellow humans. They rule.