Vathje rakes silver, Rahneva earns bronze in skeleton World Cup race
IGLS, Austria — Elisabeth Vathje earned silver and Canadian teammate Mirela Rahneva took bronze in a women’s skeleton World Cup race on Friday.
Vathje, from Calgary, finished with a combined time of one minute 49.38 seconds while Ottawa’s Rahneva finished in 1:49.44.
Russia’s Elena Nikitina won the race with a time of 1:48.80.
It was the third silver medal of the season, and second in as many weeks for Vathje, and the first podium of the year for Rahneva. The Canadian duo also shared the podium one year ago at a World Cup in Winterberg, Germany when Vathje won gold and Rahneva the bronze.