New mother Kaillie Humphries to return to World Cup bobsleigh circuit this weekend
U.S.-Canadian citizen called 'superhuman' for ability to get ready for competition
U.S. bobsledder Kaillie Humphries is returning to the World Cup circuit on Saturday in what will be the three-time Olympic champion's first race since becoming a mother six months ago.
Humphries will compete in the women's monobob at Altenberg, Germany, as the World Cup schedule for bobsledders gets underway. She is the reigning Olympic champion in monobob, winning at the 2022 Beijing Games.
The 70-time World Cup medallist hasn't raced against top international competition since a World Cup event on Feb. 18, 2023. She took last season off with hopes of becoming a mother, and she and her husband — former U.S. bobsledder Travis Armbruster — welcomed their son in mid-June.
Humphries was training again weeks after giving birth, a frantic rush to get ready for this season.
"I had my suspicions," Armbruster wrote on social media, "but now I'm quite certain she is indeed superhuman."
The two-man bobsleigh race in Altenberg also will be held Saturday, with women's bobsleigh and four-man scheduled for Sunday.
