Bos Wins Penultimate World Cup Race in Winterberg

From Winterberg, GER

(January 7, 2022) – Kimberley Bos’s outstanding 2021/2022 season continued in Winterberg, where she threw down a dominant first run on her way to her second World Cup gold medal.

In the first heat Bos was the only woman with a sub-58 second time as she opened up a .49 second lead over Jacqueline Lölling, with much of the field just behind the German.

On the second run it was Lölling who set the quick time of the heat among the medal contenders, plenty enough to move into the lead with just Bos to go. Bos answered, and while her second run was only ninth quickest it was still plenty enough to give her a second World Cup gold.

Both of Bos’s golds have come in Winterberg, while the remainder of her World Cup medals have been split between Sigulda, Igls, and Pyeongchang.

“My first run was amazing, I have nothing else to say about that,” Bostold IBSF TV after the race. “My nerves got to me a little on my second run, but I held it together!”

Lölling’s second run was exactly what she needed after what’s been a relatively disappointing season by her standards. The silver was her tenth in World Cup action but just her first podium finish of the 2021/2022 season.

NIkitina finished third for Russia, leapfrogging teammate Yulia Kanakina for the bronze medal.

Kanakina finished fourth, .05 ahead of Canada’s Mimi Rahneva in fifth, while Valentina Margaglio set the fast run of the race to move up from tenth in the first heat to finish sixth.

Megan Henry led the way for the United States with an tenth place finish, up from 13th in the first heat. Teammate Kelly Curtis made a crucial mistake out of Curve 8 on her second run and fell out of the top ten into 13th.

Canada placed both of their women in the top ten. Behind Rahneva’s run, Jane Channell put together two strong slides to finish ninth for her fourth top ten of the season.

The British women continued to struggle to find speed in their sleds as they have for most of the season. Laura Deas finished 16th after a small mistake in her second run dropped her from 14th, while Brogan Crowley finished 20th.

Australia’s Jackie Narracott was the big mover of the second heat, climbing up to 11th from 17th in the first heat.

With one race to go in the World Cup season, Kimberley Bos holds a commanding lead in the standings over Elena Nikitina. Tina Hermann sits third, with Janine Flock and Yulia Kanakina rounding out the top five.

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