United States' Elana Meyers: "We gave everything we had"

United States bobsleigh pilot Elana Meyers has admitted that she and teammate Lauryn Williams gave "everything" to win silver at the Winter Olympics in the two-woman event.

Meyers and Williams held the lead going into the fourth run, but made a crucial mistake which cost them the gold medal as Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won the event by 0.10 seconds.

She told reporters: "I fought every single second down the track and Lauryn really dug it out at the start. We gave everything we had and left it all out there.

"That's really what it's about, it's about going out there and giving everything you can to fight for your country. We couldn't be happier with that, and hopefully America will forgive me for letting gold slip away."

USA teammates Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans took the bronze in Sochi.