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Love wins World Cup women's bobsled bronze for US, heading into holiday break on tour
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Kaysha Love is going into the World Cup bobsled holiday break on a high note. Love and Jasmine Jones paired up to win bronze for the U.S. in a women's bobsled race Sunday, the final day of sliding on the World Cup circuits before all three tours — bobsled,...
Forgan and Kirkby win another World Cup luge doubles medal for the US, placing 3rd in Oberhof
OBERHOF, Germany (AP) — Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby of the U.S. won a bronze medal in a World Cup women's doubles luge race Saturday, their second podium finish in three races this season. The Austrian team of Selina Egle and Lara Kipp won the race, with the German team of...
Wyatt wins men's World Cup skeleton race, with Grotheer sidelined by injury
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Christopher Grotheer is still unbeaten this season. He's just no longer the World Cup men's skeleton points leader. Britain's Marcus Wyatt took over the World Cup lead with a win in a race Friday at Sigulda, Latvia. Grotheer — the reigning Olympic champion...
Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games
Lake Placid would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn't finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials said Wednesday. There has been no indication from Italian officials that the track — a...
Weather affects World Cup bobsled, luge races in Austria and Germany
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Germany swept the podium spots in the first women's bobsled World Cup race of the season Sunday, with the team of Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi getting the victory. Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten took second in Altenberg, and Kim Kalicki and Lauren Siebert...
Friedrich wins 80th World Cup bobsled gold, Humphries returns, USA Luge gets pair of top-5 finishes
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Francesco Friedrich of Germany got the 80th World Cup win of his career Saturday, teaming with rookie Simon Wulff to prevail in the opening two-man bobsled race of the season. It was Friedrich's 133rd World Cup medal — including four-man results — in...
Kaillie Humphries, now a mom, set to return to World Cup bobsled circuit. And USA skeleton medals
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — 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...
Sweeney-Gustafson and Forgan-Kirkby teams medal for USA Luge in World Cup races
LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Emily Sweeney and the doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby headlined the best World Cup weekend for USA Luge on a foreign track in nearly nine years. Sweeney and Jonny Gustafson finished second in the inaugural World Cup mixed singles race on...
Controversial Cortina sliding track for 2026 Olympics taking shape as deadline approaches
MILAN (AP) — The controversial sliding center being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics is starting to take shape as the clock ticks down to a March deadline. The outline of the track and wooden railings were evident in photos shared with The Associated Press on...
Grotheer gets second straight men's win and Tarbit gets first women's win in World Cup skeleton
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Olympic and world champion Christopher Grotheer of Germany, followed by British teammates Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston, took the top three places in a World Cup men’s skeleton race on Sunday. It was exact same order — Grotheer winning, Wyatt...
