Bobsleigh World Champion Elana Meyers Taylor of the USA has celebrated her second win of the season at home World Cup race in Lake Placid (USA). Taylor is a USA bobsledder who has competed since 2007.
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With Lake Kwaza as her brakewoman, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist scored the best time in the second heat of BMW IBSF World Cup race. This meant that she stood on the top step of the podium for second race in succession.
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Christine de Bruin/Kristen Bujnowski of Canada (0.38 seconds back) finished second in Lake Placid. Third place went to Stephanie Schneider of Germany (0.48 seconds back), who was racing with the U23 World Champion Deborah Levi as her brakewoman for first time. The pair were in the lead following the first World Cup heat in Lake Placid.
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Olympic Champion Mariama Jamanka (GER), racing with Franziska Bertels, missed out on the podium for first time this season. She finished in fourth place.
However, the European Champion still leads the overall standings for 2018/2019 BMW IBSF World Cup with 1487 points still leads the overall standings for 2018/2019 BMW IBSF World Cup with 1487 points ahead of the final race in Calgary (CAN, 23 to 24 February).
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Stephanie Schneider (GER, 1396) is in second, while Anna Köhler (GER, 1304) remains third after finishing sixth in Lake Placid.
With this, Bobsleigh World Champion Elana Meyers Taylor wins home World Cup in Lake Placid, Christine de Bruin finishes second ahead of Stephanie Schneider.
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Christine de Bruin is a Canadian bobsledder, who competed in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Stephanie Schneider is a German bobsledder who has been World champion in bobsleigh and skeleton mixed team.