Riley Compton was born in San Diego, raised in Indiana, and was always into athletics. In fact, she played college softball at George Washington University.
last of his stored career. it will be my last competition which will be pretty special, too. the 35-year-old said he came to a decision during a quiet moms closing and there was no one around and i was watching the sun go down and it hit me. this is it. white promised he d stay involved with the sport he helped pioneer and it looks bright. she s coming in serious. with three team usa women making tonight s slopestyle final. i m really excited. i m still shaking. i can t believe i put a run down. i m really happy to have gotten to show my riding here in beijing. training runs in the hill had to be called off due to dangerous high winds while bobsledder elana meyers taylor has been cleared to move her training from a covid isolation facility back to the track after two negative tracks. one step closer to competing with her young son looking on. i just want to show
again, covid threatens to sideline some team usa stars. stephanie gosk goes inside the beijing bubble reporter: with just three days to go before opening ceremony, a tough blow to team usa. bobsledder elana meyers taylor, a medal favorite, announced she tested positive for covid and is in an isolation hotel here in beijing on instagram she wrote, getting to the olympics is never easy, and this time as a new mom it has been the most challenging, but also incredibly rewarding. earlier this year she spoke about her hopes for these games. getting to these games and competing and getting out on that line is really going to be the culmination of all the work we ve all put into it. reporter: she will have to test negative twice before being allowed to compete at least nine members of team usa, including three athletes, have tested positive for covid in china out of the nearly 400 members of the delegation who are here to try and keep the virus under control, china has walled in and clos
many of them just wanting to limit contact to as few people as possible and they just want to focus on the competition. the protocols mean if they test positive while they re here, they are isolated until they have two negative tests. those who have symptoms will typically be sent to a government hospital or facility for quarantine treatment. those who are asymptomatic are going to go into isolation and some still manage to train. that was the case for elana meyers taylor. she was put into self-isolation after testing positive. she was just cleared, we ve learned, to compete after testing negative twice. others like bobsledder josh williamson tested positive before taking off here to beijing. so he is delayed in coming in here. his most recent post said he hoped to board a later flight once cleared.
but then again, we re hearing from the ioc that what will be released will come down to what she asks to be released. in another matter, having to do with the olympics, kim, the number of confirmed covid cases has dropped from i think more than 40 on friday, to saturday just 10 new cases. that s a positive sign. and the ioc is saying and top officials saying they anticipate those numbers to continue to go down and that they have not impeded in the games. one example, however, is this u.s. champion wbobsledder who ws supposed to carry the flag in the opening ceremony a she wasn t allowed to, elana meyers taylor, tested positive, had to go into isolation. she said she s tested negative, she ll be released, and she will in fact be able to compete. also in beijing, president xi