Category: Olympic Bobsled

Friedrich leads Kripps at halfway stage of bobsled worlds

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich was fastest in both runs to lead Canada’s Justin Kripps at the halfway stage of the two-man bobsled world championships on Saturday. Defending champion Friedrich and his brakeman Thorsten Margis clocked 49.15 seconds in the first heat and then 49.45 for a combined time of 1 minute, 38.60 seconds – 0.52 ahead of Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., and Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont.

Russian champion from Sochi Olympics banned for doping

A Russian athlete who won a bobsled gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics has been banned for four years after failing a drug test. The Russian anti-doping agency says Dmitry Trunenkov, who won the four-man bobsled race at the Sochi Games, tested positive last year and has since been banned by the Russian Bobsled Federation.

Canadaa s Humphries, Lotholz, just miss out on gold in two-man bobsled

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz put down their best performance ever as a team in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday but only earned a silver medal after finishing one-hundredth of a second behind the gold-medal time in two minutes 16.15 seconds. “I don’t think I have actually ever lost a race by one-hundredth of a second before.

Canada’s Humphries, Lotholz, just miss out on gold in two-man bobsled

Johannes Lochner and Christian Rasp of Germany speed down the course during the men’s two-men bobsled World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz put down their best performance ever as a team in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday but only earned a silver medal after finishing one-hundredth of a second behind the gold-medal time in two minutes 16.15 seconds.