ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) 鈥� Kaillie Humphries is 2 for 2 as an American.
Humphries completed a perfect weekend Sunday, teaming with Kaysha Love to win a World Cup women鈥檚 bobsled race. sa国际传媒's Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski took the bronze.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always great to podium on a German track so we are happy, but also very hungry to climb even higher on the podium,鈥� said de Bruin.
It was the 28th World Cup win of Humphries鈥� career, coming three days after the Calgary native was sworn in as a U.S. citizen and one day after she won a monobob race on the same Altenberg track.
Humphries and Love finished two runs in 1 minute, 54.10 seconds. Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany were second in 1:54.14, and de Bruin, from Stony Plain, Alta., and Bujnowski, from Mount Brydges, Ont., were third in 1:54.45.
鈥淚t鈥檚 so exciting,鈥� Love said. 鈥淚 was very excited to push for Kaillie, and I was hopeful that I could give her a chance for another podium finish. As always, you never know what鈥檚 going to happen, but I wanted to go out there and do my best.鈥�
It was Love鈥檚 first medal and only her second World Cup start.
鈥淚鈥檓 really excited for our program that we have a young, fantastic brakeman,鈥� Humphries said. 鈥淪he is super coachable and eager to learn, and I鈥檓 looking forward to seeing her continue to grow in this sport. She stepped up in this race, knowing I wouldn鈥檛 be at my best and I applaud her.鈥�
Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman were fifth for the U.S.
Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., and Sara Villani of Norval, Ont., were 11th and Toronto鈥檚 Cynthia Appiah and Edmonton鈥檚 Dawn Richardson Wilson were 14th.
Germany won gold in the four-man competition, followed by Austria and Russia.
The top Canadian sled was piloted by Justin Kripps of Summerland, sa国际传媒 His crew of Ryan Sommer of White Rock, sa国际传媒, Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont., and Saskatoon's Ben Coakwell finished fifth.聽
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With files from The Canadian Press.
The Associated Press
