Francesco Friedrich piloted Germany to gold and Justin Kripps drove Canada to bronze Sunday within the last World Cup four-man bobsled race earlier than the world championship.
Friedrich and Kripps of Summerland, B.C., tied for two-man bobsled gold on the 2018 Olympic Video games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Friedrich and his German crew posted the quickest instances in each runs Sunday in Innsbruck, Austria.
Kripps and brakemen Ryan Sommer of Kelowna, B.C., Saskatoon’s Benjamin Coakwell and Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont., completed .39 seconds again of the Germans in third.
WATCH | Canadian males prep for worlds with Third-place end in Austria:
Canada’s Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Benjamin Coakwell and Cam Stones captured World Cup bronze Sunday in Innsbruck, Austria and in doing so secured the third general spot within the last 4-man bobsleigh standings. 1:54
The Canadians had been third after the opening run. Benjamin Maier drove Austria to silver.
Kripps completed third general within the season’s World Cup four-man standings behind Friedrich in first and Maier in second.
WATCH | Season champ Friedrich captures Sunday’s race:
Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schueller and Sweet Bauer received Sunday’s World Cup 4-man bobsleigh occasion in Innsbruck, Austria securing the general World Cup title. 2:24
Humphries wins in bobsleigh return
Toronto’s Cynthiah Appiah and Edmonton’s Daybreak Richardson Wilson missed a medal by two-hundredths of a second and positioned fourth within the ladies’s bobsled.
Lower than a tenth of a second separated the highest 4 groups.
Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic champion for Canada who now competes for america, received Sunday’s race with brakewoman Lolo Jones.
WATCH | Humphries, Jones staff for 2-man victory:
USA’s Kaillie Humphries and Lolo Jones received Sunday’s ladies’s World Cup bobsleigh race in Innsbruck, Austria crossing the road with a two-run time of 1:47.07. 2:08
Humphries returned Sunday after sitting out Saturday’s monobob competitors to arrange for subsequent week’s world championship in Germany.
American teammates Elana Meyers Taylor and Kwaza Lake completed second, adopted by Austrians Katrin Beierl and Jennifer Jantina Oluumi Need Onasanya in third.
Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., and Sara Villani of Norval, Ont., had been fifth.
The world bobsled and skeleton championships open Friday in Altenberg, Germany.
WATCH | Lotholz reaches monobob podium in Third on Saturday:
Barrhead, Alberta’s Melissa Lotholz grabbed a World Collection Monobob bronze medal Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria crossing the road with a two-run time of 1:51.22. 2:04
