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New Braunfels' Elana Meyers Taylor brings home Olympic gold

Bobsleigh - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 10

Elana Meyers Taylor is bringing a gold medal home to New Braunfels.

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A San Antonio-area athlete has brought home Olympic gold — and a new record. With her monobob win in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, New Braunfels’ Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest woman to win an individual gold medal in Winter Games history.

The 41-year-old mother of two is no stranger to making history. She already has the most medals by a Black woman in the Winter Olympics. With her sixth career Olympic medal, she is also now tied with speed skater Bonnie Blair for the most medals by a U.S. woman in the quadrennial games.

According to an Associated Press interview, Meyers Taylor was far from convinced that she would medal at all in the weeks leading up to her victory. Worn down and worried about her deaf children, she came in 10th in the World Cup monobob standings.

But her husband, former bobsledder Nic Taylor, provided a much-needed pep talk. The San Antonio Spurs' performance coach was soon on a flight to Norway, with an assist from an unnamed player.“

Oh, I don’t think I’m going to process this for a while,” Meyers Taylor told the AP after her Olympic win. “There were so many moments during this entire season, during this past four years, that we just thought it was impossible, or I thought it wasn’t possible. My team around me believed in me the entire time.”

Although she now has a medal around her neck, Meyers Taylor isn’t done with her Olympic journey. She will next compete on Saturday, February 21, as a Team U.S.A. pilot in the two-woman bobsleigh race.

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San Antonio ranks 6th for most financially stretched residents in U.S.

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San Antonians are feeling the financial squeeze in 2026.

A new study has confirmed what many locals are already feeling: San Antonio has one of the highest shares of people in financial distress in the nation.

San Antonio ranked No. 6 in WalletHub's just-released report, "Cities with the Most People in Financial Distress," which analyzed 100 of the largest U.S. cities across nine personal finance metrics: average credit scores and year-over-year changes; the share of residents with accounts in distress and year-over-year changes; the average number of accounts in distress; year-over-year change in bankruptcy filings from September 2024 to September 2025; and "debt" and "loans" search interest indexes.

For the purpose of this study, WalletHub defined "financial distress" as having a credit account in forbearance or with deferred payments.

The top three cities with the most people in financial distress are Chicago (No. 1), Houston (No. 2), and Las Vegas, Nevada (No. 3).

According to the report's findings, San Antonians had the highest search interest nationally for terms like "loans," and it ranked 16th nationally in WalletHub's "debt" search interest index. Residents in San Antonio also had the 16th highest nationwide increase in bankruptcy filings from September 2024 to September 2025.

Here's how WalletHub broke down the rest of San Antonio's overall ranking:

No. 21 – Average number of accounts in distress rank
No. 24 – People with accounts in distress rank
No. 48 – Credit score rank

High unemployment rates and inflation are major factors contributing to most Americans' financial woes, the report said, and rising property taxes can create an even bigger burden for homeowners and renters alike. Texas residents may feel a greater burden than residents elsewhere in the country after the Lone Star State was dubbed the No. 1 most financially distressed state in America in 2025. And digging oneself out of the "downward spiral" isn't easy, according to WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo.

"You may get temporary relief from your lenders by not having to make payments, but all the while interest will keep building up, making the debt even harder to pay off," Lupo said.

No Texas city is feeling the financial squeeze as much as Houston, which ranked as the second-most financially distressed city nationwide for 2026.

"Houston has a high share of the population with accounts in distress compared to most other cities, at over 8 percent, and it also has a high number of accounts in distress per person," the report said. "Similar to Chicago, Houston also shows some of the highest Google search interest in the country for terms like 'debt' and 'loans,' indicating a strong need for borrowing."

Dallas (No. 4) and Austin (No. 9) also ranked among WalletHub's top 10 most financially distressed U.S. cities for 2026.

The top 10 most financially distressed cities in the nation are:

No. 1 – Chicago
No. 2 – Houston
No. 3 – Las Vegas
No. 4 – Dallas
No. 5 – Los Angeles
No. 6 – San Antonio
No. 7 – Atlanta
No. 8 – New York
No. 9 – Austin
No. 10 – Phoenix

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