Bobsled spikes worn by Elana Meyers Taylor at the 2018 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
name: label: User
content: Taylor, Elana
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bobsled spikes worn by Elana Meyers Taylor at the 2018 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Entering the 2018 Olympics Taylor and the rest of Team USA were optimistic as the race season leading up to the Vancouver Games included many first-place finishes. Unfortunately, on the final day of an Olympic holding camp, Taylor suffered a torn Achilles tendon, arriving at the Olympic village in a wheelchair. In true Olympic spirit and against medical advice, she decided to compete, as she was the nation's best chance at winning a medal in the sport. Olympic teammate and Taylor's husband, Nic Taylor, customized this pair of shoes and although appearing completely normal, hidden internal elements allowed her to compete and eventually win a silver medal.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0075.01
label: accession number
content: 2024.0075
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0075.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spikes, bobsled
label: Object Name
content: bobsled spikes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 8.89 cm x 26.67 cm