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02/15 06:41 CST Nolte leads, US drivers Meyers Taylor and Humphries Armbruster
giving chase in Olympic monobob
Nolte leads, US drivers Meyers Taylor and Humphries Armbruster giving chase in
Olympic monobob
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) --- Laura Nolte of Germany emerged Sunday as the
leader after the first two runs of the women's monobob competition at the Milan
Cortina Games.
And right on her heels --- Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries
Armbruster, chasing even more Olympic medals for their collections.
Nolte finished her two runs in 1 minute, 59.12 seconds on Sunday, giving her a
lead of 0.22 seconds over Meyers Taylor and 0.31 seconds over Humphries
Armbruster going into Monday night's final heats that will decide the medals.
From there, the gap to the rest of the pack is a bit sizable: Switzerland's
Melanie Hasler is fourth, 0.78 seconds off Nolte's lead, and Kaysha Love of the
U.S. is fifth --- 0.89 seconds back.
It is a loaded leaderboard, as would be expected.
Nolte is the reigning World Cup overall monobob champion. Humphries Armbruster
won monobob gold at Beijing when the sport debuted in the Olympic program four
years ago. Meyers Taylor won the silver in that Olympic race. Love won the
world monobob title last year at Lake Placid.
Australia's Bree Walker, a winner of five medals --- three gold --- in seven
World Cup races this season, struggled in her first heat and but rallied to be
seventh going into Monday, one spot behind Lisa Buckwitz of Germany. But
they're both about a full second behind Nolte, and well over a half-second
behind the bronze-medal spot.
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