Canada’s Walker, Snith earn bronze in doubles luge at World Cup stop
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canadian lugers Tristan Walker and Justin Snith earned their first medals of the World Cup season after finishing third in doubles competition Friday.
Calgary’s Snith and Walker, from Cochrane, Alta., were fourth after the first run, but climbed into third after a mistake-free second run to finish with a combined time of one minute 27.683 seconds.
“Having two consistent runs and getting on the podium is something that has been few and far between for us a few years,” said Walker. “It feels really good, especially to do it in Lake Placid.”
Building on a reset in Calgary after a dismal start to the season in Europe where the focus was put on the process and not the results, the Canadians responded once again with the third-fastest time in the second run to grab the final spot on the podium with a time of 1:27.683.