Canada wins bronze in monobob World Cup, four-man races at Winterberg | The Canadian News

WINTERBERG, Germany – Canada won bronze in the monobob and four-man races on Saturday at the Winterberg World Cup toboggan competition.

Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah finished third with a two-run time of one minute 58.24 seconds in monobob, while Justin Kripps of Summerland, BC led his crew to third place in 1: 48.09.

“It feels great to get on the podium, especially considering that I crashed in two out of three races in practice this week,” said Appiah.

“I kept everything the same today, I put my trust in the coaches and mechanics, and I knew that all I had to focus on was doing two solid races and everything would be fine.”

American Elana Meyers Taylor won gold in 1: 57.83 and Australian Breeana Walker took silver in 1: 58.06.

Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., Finished sixth and Christine de Bruin of Stony Plain, Alta., Was ninth.

Meanwhile, Kripps and his team from Saskatoon Ben Coakwell, Ryan Sommer from White Rock, BC, and Cam Stones from Whitby, Ontario, all took the podium after finishing second in the opening race and fifth in the final series.

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“We are very happy with today’s result after a tough week of training,” said Kripps. “I was struggling with the way the track formed all week and I crashed in my first race (in training) and had some issues.

“So I’m very proud that the guys were staying positive and cheering for me.”

Francsco Friedrich won gold in 1: 47.95 and fellow German Johannes Lochner took silver in 1: 48.00. Chris Spring from Vancouver drove the other Canadian sled to 13th place.

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