Kaillie Humphries fails to reach World Cup podium in Germany
Calgary native finished 5th along with partner Cynthia Appiah
Canadian bobsleigh pilot Kaillie Humphries failed to reach the podium with brakeman Cynthia Appiah in World Cup competition on Friday in Winterberg, Germany.
Humphries and Appiah finished fifth in a time of one minute, 55.35 seconds, almost one full second off gold medallists Elana Meyers Taylor and Kehri Jones (1:54.43) of the U.S.
Humphries, who was riding a streak of 12 straight podium finishers, has had trouble at Winterberg in the past.
"I'm not the happiest with today. We pushed really well, the runs were pretty consistent and overall I was happy with how I drove, but the sled just wasn't running so it is a bit frustrating," said Humphries. "There is no rhyme or reason to it, I just don't do well here, or in Igls, where it is easy to make it down, but hard to make it down fast.
"This is has always been one of the most difficult for me to figure out and is my arch nemesis on tour for sure."
The German duo of Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek won silver (1:54.50) and Americans Jamie Greubel Poser and Aja Evans took home bronze (1:54.67).
Two other Canadian teams took part, with Alysia Rissling and Genevieve Thibault finishing 11th, while Christine De Bruin and Catherine Medeiros came in 18th.
The men's bobsleigh and skeleton events will go live Saturday on CBCSports.ca and the CBCSports App. You can catch full coverage Saturday at 4 p.m. ET during Road to the Olympic Games on CBC-TV and CBCSports.ca.