Mirela Rahneva slides to World Cup bronze in Winterberg
Mirela Rahneva captured a skeleton bronze at the IBSF World Cup in Winterberg, Germany on Friday morning.
Rahneva slid to a spot on the podium with her combined run time of 1:53.97. She finished 0.29s overall behind the winner Kimberly Bos’ (1:53.68) and just 0.04s behind Germany’s Tina Hermann 1:53.93.
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Canada's Mimi Rahneva slides to a bronze medal in Winterberg and secures her spot on the women's skeleton World Cup podium for the first time this season@BobCANSkel pic.twitter.com/AYuNraxKkF
On Rahneva’s first run, she took third place in the rankings – just 0.10 seconds behind the Netherlands’ Bos, who was dominant throughout. During her second run, the PyeongChang 2018 Olympian finished in fourth, but was able to maintain a third overall position to edge out Jacqueline Loelling of Germany for the bronze.
This is Rahvena’s first World Cup podium of the season and 10th career World Cup medal overall. She last stood on the World Cup podium at the exact same skeleton track in 2020.
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The IBSF World Cup action will continue over the weekend with the 4-man and 2-woman bobsleigh events.