The three-time Olympic medallist announced on Sunday (February 6) she would be released from isolation after recording consecutive negative COVID-19 tests.

She fortunately did not miss any official training at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, which started yesterday evening in the women's monobob.

Meyers Taylor's isolation meant she had to adapt her training to her room, rather than using the facilities in the build-up to competition.

"It wasn't ideal definitely, not the greatest, particularly because this is a very technically challenging track," said Meyers Taylor after her first training run.

"But it is what it is, I'm going to do the best with it I can, make the most of it.

"The biggest thing with COVID we've seen, in the CT (cycle threshold) values and everything, we've seen a lot of people struggle to clear the test. 

"So I really wasn't sure what would happen.

"I had no idea what was going to happen, I just was praying I would have a chance.

"I thought I had a really good chance at two-woman, I was just praying for one day at monobob training, because I did not know if I'd get out in time at all."

Monobob training is due to continue this evening local time in Yanqing and tomorrow too.

The higher a person's CT value is, the less likely they are to test positive for COVID-19.

CT value relates to the number of cycles it takes for a test to detect a positive result.

Meyers Taylor's isolation caused her to miss the Opening Ceremony, in which she was supposed to be the American flagbearer alongside Olympic curling champion and skip from 2018, John Shuster.

Speed skater Brittany Bowe was her replacement.

The United States were further boosted by a negative test from four-man bobsleigh brakeman Josh Williamson who posted a photo on Instagram today with mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, announcing his arrival in China after a positive COVID-19 test delayed his journey.

On Wednesday (February 9) he posted on Facebook that he was "Beijing bound!" stating he was clear and is scheduled to compete on February 18.

He had tested positive for the virus on January 23.

Skeleton racer Katie Tannenbaum competed for the US Virgin Islands today in the women's event after an "emotional rollercoaster" which saw her test positive for COVID-19 at the Athletes' Village before making it for training runs.

The positive result had also denied her the opportunity to carry her country's flag in the Opening Ceremony.

To be eligible to take part in the competition, had to complete two training runs.

She finished 25th and last after two runs today in 2min 13.84sec.