By Canadian Press

Canadians capture silver and bronze in World Cup bobsled event

Dec 16, 2016 | 12:30 PM

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canada captured three medals at World Cup bobsled event on Friday.

Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden won a silver in the two-man competition, finishing in one minute 49.74 seconds. The Canadian duo was just 0.01 ahead of teammates Chris Spring and Lascelles Brown.

“It was a great day for Canada,” said Kripps. “It was nice to be in the winner’s box and see it come down to one-hundredth of a second between us. We get along really well and always push each other so it was nice to see that result.”

Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries and partner Cynthia Appiah were third in the women’s race in 1:53.05.

It was the sixth World Cup medal for Humphries in Lake Placid, bringing her overall career total to 39.

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“It was a good race with tough competition,” said Humphries, who added Appiah to her squad this fall. “The ice was extremely hard, extremely slick so controlling the sleds has been a challenge all week. We had a couple of timing issues at the start and I struggled with corners one, two and three today. The runs weren’t perfect by any means, but I thought they were decent.”

Steven Holcomb of the U.S. continued his dominance at his home track, winning with Sam McGuffie in 1:49.47.

It was the sixth time Holcomb won gold out of the last seven international two-man races in Lake Placid, with one of those victories coming in the 2012 world championships. The other five wins have been in World Cups.

“Every single person out here wanted to win today,” Holcomb said. “To have a victory, to be on top, no matter where it is, it’s nice; just getting back to that mentality of winning again. It is a mentality. Putting together two runs. These cold conditions make the ice very hard and very slippery. Being the veteran on the tour, my experience paid off today.”

Fellow American Jamie Greubel Poser won gold in the women’s event.

She and Aja Evans finished their two runs on a frigid day in 1:52.02 seconds, taking advantage of super-hard, super-fast ice to set a track record along the way. Teammates Elana Meyers Taylor and Lolo Jones were 0.14 seconds back in 1:52.16.

— With files from The Associated Press

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