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.