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Two-time Olympic champ Humphries races to World Cup gold with Lotholz

Jan 6, 2017 | 7:30 AM

ALTENBERG, Germany — Canada’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Kaillie Humphries is back on top of the World Cup bobsled podium.

Humphries and brakeman Melissa Lotholz raced to victory Friday in a World Cup two-man event. 

The Calgary duo, who were racing together for the first time this season, finished in a two-run combined time of one minute 54.15 seconds.

“I didn’t drive perfectly. There were a couple of little mistakes here and there, but at the end of the day I was happy with it,” Humphries said. “We went out and gave it our all. Melissa stepped up today and that was great to see. We had some timing issues on our first push, but we sorted that out, got our timing on point and gained it on the second run.”