Channell, Greszczyszyn 1-100th of a second shy of gold medal at skeleton worlds

Jane Channell of North Vancouver, B.C., reached the podium Sunday, sliding to a silver-medal finish with Canadian teammate David Greszczyszyn in the skeleton mixed team competition at the world championships in Altenberg, Germany.

Canadian silver medallists finish in 1:55.40 behind Germany's Loelling, Gassner

Canada's Jane Channell and David Greszczyszyn won a silver medal in the skeleton mixed team competition on Sunday, falling one-hundredth of a second behind local favourites Jacqueline Loelling and Alexander Gassner in Altenberg, Germany. (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)

Jane Channell of North Vancouver, B.C., reached the podium Sunday, sliding to a silver-medal finish with Canadian teammate David Greszczyszyn in the skeleton mixed team competition at the world championships in Altenberg, Germany.

Their time of one minute 55.40 seconds was 1-100th of a second shy of Germany's Jacqueline Loelling and Alexander Gassner. Valentina Margaglio and Mattia Gaspari of Italy (1:55.82) was third.

On Saturday, Channell finished a season-best eighth in the women's race after a costly mistake dropped her from third after the first run.

WATCH | Canadian tandem narrowly misses gold medal:

Canada captures mixed team silver at skeleton worlds

5 years ago
Duration 3:35
Jane Channell and David Greszczyszyn race to combined time of 1:55.40 to finish second at the IBSF World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.