Canadian bobsledders eager to build on memorable three-medal showing
WHISTLER, B.C. — Chris Le Bihan hunkered down at his Calgary office with staff members last Friday to watch Canada’s bobsledders compete at the season’s second World Cup stop.
By the time the sliders walked off the track in Park City, Utah, they had raced to one of the best showings in the program’s history on the circuit.
Justin Kripps piloted one Canadian sled to a silver in four-man, Chris Spring was just 0.03 seconds back in third, and two-time Olympic gold medallist Kaillie Humphries took second in the women’s event.
“The amount of celebration there in our little offices was pretty awesome,” said Le Bihan, Canada’s high performance director for bobsled and skeleton. “It shows the depth of our program. I’m having conversations with the other nations. The Germans are coming up to me saying, ‘Chris, the program is strong. What’s changed?’