Friedrich wins 80th World Cup bobsled gold, Humphries returns, USA Luge gets pair of top-5 finishes
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Friedrich wins 80th World Cup bobsled gold, Humphries returns, USA Luge gets pair of top-5 finishes

Associated Press  

ALTENBERG, Germany — Francesco Friedrich of Germany got the 80th World Cup win of his career Saturday, teaming with rookie Simon Wulff to prevail in the opening two-man bobsled race of the season. It was Friedrich’s 133rd World Cup medal — including four-man results — in 188 races, and he’s now won 48 of his 100 two-man races on the circuit. In the women’s monobob race later Saturday, reigning Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. returned to World Cup sliding less than six months after giving birth to her first child and finished seventh — best among the four U.S. sleds — in her first race on the circuit since February 2023. And in women’s doubles, Austria’s Selina Egle and Lara Kipp prevailed, with Germany’s Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal second and Latvia’s Anda Upite and Zane Kaluma finishing third.

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Love wins World Cup women's bobsled bronze for US, heading into holiday break on tour
1 week, 1 day ago

Love wins World Cup women's bobsled bronze for US, heading into holiday break on tour

Hindustan Times  

SIGULDA, Latvia — Kaysha Love is going into the World Cup bobsled holiday break on a high note. HT Image Love and Jasmine Jones paired up to win bronze for the U.S. in a women's bobsled race Sunday, the final day of sliding on the World Cup circuits before all three tours — bobsled, skeleton and luge — take some …

Forgan and Kirkby win another World Cup luge doubles medal for the US, placing 3rd in Oberhof
1 week, 2 days ago

Forgan and Kirkby win another World Cup luge doubles medal for the US, placing 3rd in Oberhof

Hindustan Times  

OBERHOF, Germany — Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby of the U.S. won a bronze medal in a World Cup women's doubles luge race Saturday, their second podium finish in three races this season. “I’m really happy to have two good runs today.” Forgan and Kirkby — who are third in the women's doubles World Cup standings through three races — …

Weather affects World Cup bobsled, luge races in Austria and Germany
2 weeks ago

Weather affects World Cup bobsled, luge races in Austria and Germany

Associated Press  

ALTENBERG, Germany — Germany swept the podium spots in the first women’s bobsled World Cup race of the season Sunday, with the team of Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi getting the victory. Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten took second in Altenberg, and Kim Kalicki and Lauren Siebert finished third for Germany. Luge Austria swept the medals in a men’s World …

Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal
1 year, 11 months ago

Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal

Associated Press  

ALTENBERG, Germany — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. She’s won another 11 medals in monobob events — including Olympic gold at Beijing last year — plus 10 more on the North American Cup circuit and nine …

Germany leads in women’s Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd
2 years, 10 months ago

Germany leads in women’s Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The Germans remain right at home on China’s Olympic sliding track. Winners of gold medals in seven of the eight sliding events so far at the Beijing Games, Germany has put itself in prime position to add more hardware to its record-setting total — holding down the top two spots at the midway point of the women’s bobsled …

Double gold: Humphries finishes off historic bobsled sweep
3 years, 10 months ago

Double gold: Humphries finishes off historic bobsled sweep

Associated Press  

Kaillie Humphries wasn’t sure if she would get a chance to race this season. Humphries ended her international season Sunday by winning the inaugural women’s monobob world championship in Altenberg, Germany, adding that gold medal to the one she and Lolo Jones claimed on the same track last weekend. Humphries becomes the obvious gold-medal favorite going into the Olympic season, …

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