Kaillie Humphries cements status as bobsleigh great with Olympic monobob gold

• Elena Meyers Taylor and Christine de Bruin complete podium
• American can claim a fourth Olympic gold later this week

Kaillie Humphries of the United States validated her reputation as one of the best pilots in the history of bobsleigh, surging to victory in the debut of women's monobob and adding a third Olympic gold to her career haul with a strong chance for a fourth by week's end.

The 36-year-old, who captured two-woman golds with Canada in 2010 and 2014 before joining the US team in 2019, finished with a four-run combined time of 4min, 19.27 sec to win by 1.54sec, the widest margin in any bobsleigh event in 42 years. She becomes the second athlete to win a Winter Olympic title for two different countries, joining short track speed skater Victor An.