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Evans has U.S. in medal contention

South Korea (AP) — Elana Meyers Taylor went to sleep four years ago after the first night of her Olympic competition holding the lead, and her mind couldn't stop racing.She plans on sleeping better this time.

Germany's Mariama Jamanka and Lisa Buckwitz are the leaders at the midway point of the women's bobsled competition at the Pyeongchang Games, their two-run time of 1 minute, 41.26 seconds on Tuesday night putting them 0.07 seconds ahead of Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs.

Not holding the lead at halftime didn't seem to bother Meyers Taylor whatsoever going into Wednesday's final two runs, which are slated to get going at 5:40 a.