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American Meyers Taylor claims 3rd straight bobsleigh World Cup, Humphries slides to 4th

Elana Meyers Taylor led an American 1-2 in winning her third straight bobsled World Cup on Friday in Konigssee, Germany. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Cynthia Appiah finished just off the podium in fourth place.

Canadian leads overall standings by narrow 17-point margin

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America's Meyers Taylor, Jones, take bobsleigh gold in Königssee

8 years ago
Duration 2:50
Elana Meyers Taylor and Kehri Jones finished first overall on Friday in Germany with a winning time of 1:41.01.

Elana Meyers Taylor led an American 1-2 in winning her third straight bobsled World Cup on Friday in Konigssee, Germany.

The 2015 world champion and her brakewoman Kehri Jones were fasted on both runs, and pipped teammates Jamie Greubel Poser and Aja Evans by 0.26 seconds.

Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek of Germany were third, 0.66 back, while Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries was fourth with brakewoman Cynthia Appiah.

Humphries, Appiah, earn 4th-place finish in Königssee

8 years ago
Duration 2:07
The Canadian bobsleigh pairing of Kaillie Humphires and Cynthia Appiah finished with a time of 1:41.76 on Friday in Germany, +0.75 seconds back.

Defending World Cup champion Humphries still leads the overall standings after six races, but Olympic bronze medalist Greubel Poser is just 17 points behind. Austria's Christina Hengster is third.

You can catch more bobsleigh and skeleton coverage on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world.

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