Kripps slides to fourth place for Canada’s top finish of the day
WHISTLER, B.C. — Pilot Justin Kripps placed fourth in the four-man bobsled on Saturday as Canada was kept off the podium on the second day of World Cup competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
Russia’s Alexander Kasjanov, Ilvir Khuzin, Vasiliy Kondratenko and Aleksei Pushkarev took the gold with a time of one minute 41.89. They beat Great Britain’s Lamin Deen, alongside Ben Simons, Toby Olubi and Andrew Matthews, by 0.28 seconds, while Germany’s Nico Walther, Kevin Kuske, Kevin Korona and Eric Franke slid into the bronze medal position in 1.42.37.
Kripps, alongside teammates Alexander Kopacz, Jesse Lumsden and Oluseyi Smith, was the day’s top Canadian finisher, just missing the podium with a time of 1:42:40.
The team performed “okay,” Kripps said.