Justin Kripps and Cam Stones helped deny a medal podium sweep by Germany in two-man bobsleigh with a bronze performance on Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria.
The Canadian tandem posted a time of one minute 43.96 seconds, 48-100ths behind the victorious Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis (1:43.48), the reigning Olympic champions who prevailed for the second time this season on the World Cup circuit.
Their teammates, Johannes Lochner and Christian Rasp, were second in 1:43.84. Latvia and Great Britain placed fourth and fifth, respectively, ahead of Germany’s Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer in sixth.
A week ago, Kripps of Summerland, B.C., piloted Ryan Sommer, of White Rock, B.C., Ben Coakwell, of Saskatoon and Stones of Whitby, Ont., to a sixth-place finish in a four-man event in Austria.
The Canadian men were also fourth on consecutive days in late October at an Olympic test event in Beijing.
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