A new track to the Olympics
Published: February 10, 2026 / Author: Notre Dame Magazine
Jadin O’Brien (ND ’24, MNA ’25), NCAA champion pentathlete and heptathlete, found an unexpected path to the Olympics. Just months after wrapping up her track career, O’Brien took up bobsled after being recruited by five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor.
She made the U.S. World Cup team after only three weeks of training, though her road to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy, was anything but smooth.
O’Brien and her teammate survived a violent crash during practice in Switzerland that left O’Brien with two bulging discs, yet she chose to compete anyway, masking her pain in order to give herself every possible shot at making the Olympic roster. The gamble paid off.
Read the full story here: A New Track to the Olympics.
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