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Alana Myers-Taylor

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56 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

You know, only when I want to pull something on my husband, you know, tell him he's got to take out the garbage or anything, then you pull it out and you're like, there you go.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So monobob, bobsled has traditionally had the two-person and the four-man disciplines.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Monobob is just a single person in the sled.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So we push, run, jump in, and then we're in charge of navigating it all by ourselves.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So no help this time.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

You don't have to worry about anybody.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Yeah, so as I mentioned earlier, women have only had two disciplines.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

There's a two-man and a four-man, and women have only been able to compete at the Olympic level in the two-person.

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So they finally allowed us to compete in the four-person, and I was like, yes, let's do this.

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Let's get another shot to win an Olympic medal, and I competed in the four-man discipline actually with my husband.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So I was the first woman to make the U.S.

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men's national team in a four-man sled with my husband.

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It could have been a mixture, but it was largely women pilots with a male crew behind them and then competing against men.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

No, they were pretty happy for me just to be behind me and just to support me.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

And I think it helps when your husband's back there.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

He's going to keep him in line.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

No, but it is the perfect date night because you can't bring the kids.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So, you know, the kids can't be in the sled.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

So, you know, it's me time.

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