Bobsleigh 2022/Women's monobob

Women's monobob
General information
Sport	Bobsleigh 2022
Date	13-14 February 2022
Competitors	20 athletes
Venue	Yanqing National Sliding Centre
Medalists
	Kaillie Humphries
	Elana Meyers Taylor
	Christine de Bruin

The women's monobob of Bobsleigh 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13-14 February 2022 in the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. With 20 athletes competing, the event was won by Kaillie Humphries from United States, with Elana Meyers Taylor from United States taking the silver medal and Christine de Bruin from Canada taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four heats spread out over two days, with all teams taking part in all four heats. The team with the lowest aggregate time over two days is the winner.

Preview

Twenty athletes qualified for the inaugural edition of the women's monobob with the American and Canadian bobsledders as big favorites for the title. Elana Meyers Taylor and former Canadian representative Kaillie Humphries lead the World Cup standings after winning a combined six out of seven events they had competed in, with Christine de Bruin as the only athlete to have been able to steal a win from them. Cynthia Appiah had been the most consistent as the only one who had recorded a top 5 result in every race, with Breeana Walker and Laura Nolte closely behind. Other potential medal contenders also included Mariama Jamanka, Nadezhda Sergeeva, and Melanie Hasler.

Viktoria Cernanska was the youngest athlete in the field at the age of 19, and was three years younger than Margot Boch and Laura Nolte. Elana Meyers Taylor was the oldest competitor at the age of 37, followed by Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and Kaillie Humphries. The three were also the athletes with the most Olympic appearances, despite it being the inaugural edition of the event. Meyers Taylor and Humphries had competed in every edition of the Olympic Games since 2010, while Fenlator-Victorian, Andreea Grecu, and Nadezhda Sergeeva had made their Olympic debuts in 2014. Eleven athletes made their Olympic debuts.

Summary

Run 1

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Kaillie Humphries	1:04.44
2		Laura Nolte	1:04.74
3		Christine de Bruin	1:05.12
3		Elana Meyers Taylor	1:05.12
5		Ying Qing	1:05.16
6		Huai Mingming	1:05.18
6		Melanie Hasler	1:05.18
8		Katrin Beierl	1:05.39
9		Nadezhda Sergeeva	1:05.45
10		Breeana Walker	1:05.55
11		Andreea Grecu	1:05.56
12		Cynthia Appiah	1:05.75
12		Viktoria Cernanska	1:05.75
14		Margot Boch	1:05.77
15		Mariama Jamanka	1:05.85
16		Karlien Sleper	1:05.88
17		Giada Andreutti	1:06.07
18		Lidiia Hunko	1:06.34
19		Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	1:06.63
20		Kim Yoo-ran	1:06.68

Run 2

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Kaillie Humphries	1:04.66
2		Christine de Bruin	1:05.02
3		Elana Meyers Taylor	1:05.30
4		Margot Boch	1:05.51
5		Cynthia Appiah	1:05.53
6		Breeana Walker	1:05.54
7		Laura Nolte	1:05.58
8		Andreea Grecu	1:05.71
9		Huai Mingming	1:05.72
10		Giada Andreutti	1:05.77
11		Melanie Hasler	1:05.86
12		Ying Qing	1:05.99
13		Katrin Beierl	1:06.00
13		Nadezhda Sergeeva	1:06.00
15		Viktoria Cernanska	1:06.41
16		Karlien Sleper	1:06.59
17		Mariama Jamanka	1:06.94
18		Kim Yoo-ran	1:07.02
19		Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	1:07.38
20		Lidiia Hunko	1:07.84

Run 3

Run 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Kaillie Humphries	1:04.87
2		Breeana Walker	1:05.16
3		Elana Meyers Taylor	1:05.28
4		Christine de Bruin	1:05.38
5		Mariama Jamanka	1:05.47
6		Laura Nolte	1:05.70
7		Huai Mingming	1:05.71
8		Cynthia Appiah	1:05.78
9		Ying Qing	1:05.82
10		Nadezhda Sergeeva	1:05.83
11		Karlien Sleper	1:05.85
12		Margot Boch	1:06.01
13		Melanie Hasler	1:06.21
14		Kim Yoo-ran	1:06.41
15		Andreea Grecu	1:06.46
16		Katrin Beierl	1:06.57
16		Giada Andreutti	1:06.57
18		Viktoria Cernanska	1:06.62
19		Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	1:06.92
20		Lidiia Hunko	1:07.47

Run 4

Run 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Elana Meyers Taylor	1:05.11
2		Breeana Walker	1:05.21
3		Kaillie Humphries	1:05.30
4		Laura Nolte	1:05.31
5		Christine de Bruin	1:05.51
6		Melanie Hasler	1:05.56
7		Mariama Jamanka	1:05.74
8		Huai Mingming	1:05.97
9		Cynthia Appiah	1:05.98
10		Andreea Grecu	1:06.26
11		Nadezhda Sergeeva	1:06.31
12		Giada Andreutti	1:06.38
13		Kim Yoo-ran	1:06.41
14		Ying Qing	1:06.44
15		Viktoria Cernanska	1:06.47
16		Margot Boch	1:06.53
17		Katrin Beierl	1:06.56
18		Karlien Sleper	1:06.65
19		Lidiia Hunko	1:07.45
20		Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	1:07.63

Results

Kaillie Humphries became the first-ever Olympic champion in the women's monobob, and she took her fourth Olympic medal, after winning gold in the women's two in 2010 and in 2014 and bronze in 2018. She had a commanding lead of 1.54 seconds over Elana Meyers Taylor, who also won her fourth Olympic medal, after silver in the women's two in 2014 and 2018 and bronze in 2010. Christine de Bruin took her first Olympic medal after she finished seventh in the women's two in 2018, while the 2016 Youth Olympic champion Laura Nolte missed out on the medals by three-tenths of a second. Breeana Walker finished in the top 5 at her Olympic debut, Huai Mingming finished in the top 6 in her home country, and Melanie Hasler completed the top 7.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kaillie Humphries	United States	4:19.27
	Elana Meyers Taylor	United States	4:20.81
	Christine de Bruin	Canada	4:21.03
4	Laura Nolte	Germany	4:21.33
5	Breeana Walker	Australia	4:21.46
6	Huai Mingming	China	4:22.58
7	Melanie Hasler	Switzerland	4:22.81
8	Cynthia Appiah	Canada	4:23.04
9	Ying Qing	China	4:23.41
10	Nadezhda Sergeeva	ROC	4:23.59
11	Margot Boch	France	4:23.82
12	Andreea Grecu	Romania	4:23.99
13	Mariama Jamanka	Germany	4:24.00
14	Katrin Beierl	Austria	4:24.52
15	Giada Andreutti	Italy	4:24.79
16	Karlien Sleper	Netherlands	4:24.97
17	Viktoria Cernanska	Slovakia	4:25.25
18	Kim Yoo-ran	South Korea	4:26.52
19	Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	Jamaica	4:28.56
20	Lidiia Hunko	Ukraine	4:29.10