AP Exclusive: Kaillie Humphries now ‘safe’ with USA Bobsled

Kaillie Humphries was on what bobsledders call a track walk a few days ago. No longer racing for her homeland of Canada, Humphries is now a member of USA Bobsled’s national team after a nearly two-year saga in which she said she was verbally and mentally abused by a Canadian coach to the point where she no longer felt safe and the team simply discarded her. “What I’m learning is that you can love more than one thing,” Humphries said in an interview with The Associated Press. That’s when things between Humphries and Canadian coach Todd Hays — a former U.S. bobsledder and Olympian — were so bad that an agreement was struck. “I’ve put myself in situations to be the best,” Humphries said.