Bobsleigh

Light on the Olympics: Images from the Winter Games
CBC photographer Kevin Light has spent that past 16 days in frigid temperatures standing on mountainsides, along luge and bobsleigh tracks and inside arenas to capture some compelling images of Olympi [...]
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Kaillie Humphries was bullied, left out — now she's on the verge of Olympic bobsleigh history
Kaillie Humphries once dreamed of representing Canada in alpine ski racing, but life on the mountain was tough for someone who never fit in. So she reached the pinnacle of a different sport, and now s [...]
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Canada's Kripps, Kopacz in podium position at midway point of 2-man bobsleigh
The Canadian pair sits in second after posting a combined two-run time of one minute, 38.49 seconds on Sunday. They trail the German team of Nico Walther and Christian Poser, who are first in 1:38.39. [...]
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Uncool runnings: Bobsleigh coach quits Jamaican team days before competition
German Sandra Kiriasis has quit as coach of the Jamaican bobsleigh team a few days before the start of their competition at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Jamaica Bobsleigh said on Wednesday. [...]
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Nigeria's 1st bobsleigh team excited to represent country
Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga will represent Nigeria as the country fields its first-ever bobsled team at the Winter Olympics next month in Pyeongchang. [...]
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Justin Kripps finishes 4-man bobsleigh season just shy of overall podium
Canadian pilot Justin Kripps finished seventh in the 4-man bobsleigh race at the final event of the season in Konigssee, Germany on Sunday. As a result, Kripps concluded the season fourth in the overa [...]
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Kaillie Humphries wins 4th bobsleigh World Cup title
Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George found themselves on the podium once more, winning World Cup silver in bobsleigh in Konigssee, Germany on Saturday. [...]
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Christopher Spring takes 4-man bobsleigh bronze
Christopher Spring found himself on the podium once again this season as he guided Canada to a bronze medal in four-man bobsleigh at the World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday. [...]
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Kripps cruises to bobsleigh gold in Germany on his birthday
Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz slid to a gold medal on Saturday at a World Cup event in Altenberg, Germany. The gold medal was the first of the season for Kripps, winning on 31st birthday. [...]
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Bobsleigh panel says Russia's Zubkov, Tretiakov shouldn't be suspended
Russian Bobsled Federation president Alexandr Zubkov and top skeleton athlete Aleksandr Tretiakov should not be suspended by the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation for now, according to an [...]
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Canadians Kripps, Lumsden snag silver at bobsleigh World Cup
Canada took a silver of medal at a bobsleigh World Cup stop at the Igls track in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday, with Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden staking claim to the second-place spot. [...]
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