Canada’s Mirela Rahneva enjoyed a good start to 2020, sliding to a silver medal at the skeleton World Cup on Sunday.
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“This feels really good,” said Rahneva, who has finished third in the overall World Cup standings in each of the last two seasons. The Ottawa native was also fourth in her first two races of the season before the holiday break in Lake Placid. Rahneva finished .03 seconds off the golden pace set by Germany’s Tina Hermann . Austria’s Janine Flock claimed the bronze at 1:56.37.“Starting the New Year with a sixth-place finish is definitely a big confidence booster,” said Channell. “The set up for the race was different than any other. We came together as a team, working well for each other when we needed immediate help on the track.
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