Steve Futterman

Kaylee Humphries is 40 and the mother of one.

She captured the bronze.

They both did it with excellent final runs.

For Myers-Taylor, her win is historic.

With six career medals now, she builds on her record as the most decorated black athlete in Winter Olympics history.

And with her win, Myers-Taylor also becomes only the second Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.

They are definitely not your typical Olympic winners.

Ilana Myers-Taylor is 41.

She has two special needs children.

She won the gold.

Kaylee Humphries is 40 and the mother of one.

She captured the bronze.

They both did it with excellent final runs.

For Myers-Taylor, her win is historic.

With six career medals now, she builds on her record as the most decorated black athlete in Winter Olympics history.

And with her win, Myers-Taylor also becomes only the second black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.

It is a very familiar spot for the Americans.

Since women's ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998, the U.S.

has failed to make the gold medal game only once.