Canada's Christine de Bruin is taking a pair of special birthday presents home from the bobsled world championships in Whistler, B.C. The native of Stony Plain, Alta., slid to silver and bronze medals at the bobsled and skeleton world championships on Sunday, her 30th birthday.
Canada's Christine de Bruin, front, of Stony Plain, Alta., and Kristen Bujnowski, of Moose Jaw, Sask., react after racing to a third-place finish during the women's bobsleigh event at the Bobsleigh World Championships in Whistler, B.C., on Sunday March 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckWHISTLER, B.C. -- Canada's Christine de Bruin is taking a pair of special birthday presents home from the bobsled world championships in Whistler, B.C.
The pair had tallied a four-run time of three minutes 31.25 seconds, finishing 1.17 seconds behind gold medallist Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek of Germany. The Germans' third run in the women's event on Sunday clocked in at 52.01, smashing a track record. But they struggled to control the sled on their final heat.
They were 0.59 seconds behind Germany's Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis who won all eight stops on the world cup circuit this season. Another Canadian team -- made up of bobsledders Alysia Rissling, Bianca Ribi, Taylor Austin and William Auclair, and skeleton athletes Mark Lynch and Elisabeth Maier -- finished seventh with a time of 3:37.08.
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