Canadians Kripps, Stones take bronze medal in 2-man bobsled
Germans Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schueller win gold in Lake Placid
Canada's Justin Kripps and Cameron Stones finished third at the two-man bobsled World Cup race in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Sunday.
Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schueller of Germany took gold in 1:49.77 while fellow Germans Johannes Lochner and Christian Rasp were second in 1:50.00.
"It was a good day. I think the first start we had a bit of a head wind because we were quite slow and it wasn't what I expected so we had to play some catch up," said Kripps, who like on Saturday, was in fifth place after his first blast down Mount Van Hoevenberg.
"Yesterday I didn't think I had a great draw, and it was actually the same thing today. But the luck of the draw is how it goes so I just focused on being consistent."
"I really like this track. It's a track where the driving is really important and you can make up, or lose, a lot of time down the track," said Kripps. "It gives us an opportunity to show what we can do on the D rings. The key here is to just stay consistent and let others make mistakes."
WATCH | Kripps, Stones win bronze in World Cup 2-man bobsleigh:
Jungk slides to skeleton gold
Germany's Axel Jungk opened the men's skeleton World Cup season with a narrow victory Sunday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
Jungk finished two runs in one minute, 46.32 seconds for his second career World Cup victory. Latvia's Martins Dukurs was second in 1:46.44 and Russia's Alexander Tretiakov took third in 1:47.71.
Jungk was second after the first heat. Germany's Felix Keisinger was the midway-point leader, but he posted only the 11th-fastest time in the second heat and settled for a fifth-place overall finish.
Kevin Boyer of Sherwood Park, Alta., was the top Canadian, finishing in 17th.
The World Cup skeleton season resumes next weekend, back in Lake Placid.
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With files from the Associated Press