The bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will get to be a flag-bearer for the U.S. after all.

The bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist and one of the most decorated U.S. bobsledders, will get to carry the American flag in an Olympic ceremony after all.

Meyers Taylor was chosen along with the curler John Shuster to carry the flag during the opening ceremony in Beijing. But she revealed in an Instagram post that she had tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after arriving in China.

She was replaced by the speedskater Brittany Bowe, a three-time Olympian chosen as an alternate by a vote among her teammates.

Meyers Taylor delivered the news to Bowe by phone.

“I can’t think of a better honor, other than walking by myself, than having the opportunity to give to Brittany,” Taylor said in an interview with the “Today” show. “Brittany is an absolutely amazing human being.”

Meyers Taylor, 37, recovered in time to compete and win the silver in the monobob race. She now has a medal from four straight Olympics, adding to silvers in Pyeongchang in 2018 and Sochi in 2014, and a bronze in Vancouver in 2010. She will compete again on Saturday in the two-woman bobsled.

Her husband, Nicholas Taylor, an alternate on the U.S. men’s team, delivered the news to her in an emotional, full-circle moment.