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2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2017 in Lake Placid, USA and ended on 21 January 2018 in Königssee The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Berchte ..., Germany. The World Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW. Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2017/18 season. Results Two-man Four-man Two-woman Standings Two-man Four-man Two-woman Medal table References External links IBSF {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Bobsleigh World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup 2017 in bobsleigh 2018 in bobsleigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Kripps
Justin Kripps (born January 6, 1987) is a Canadian Bobsleigh, bobsledder and an Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh following his gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kripps won a silver medal in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2017, 2017 World Championships and a bronze in the mixed team event at the FIBT World Championships 2012, 2012 World Championships. He has competed in the sport since 2006 and has many World Cup podiums. During the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, he finished the season first in the two-man and overall, to win the Crystal Globe as overall champion. Career Kripps entered the sport of bobsledding in 2006 at the age of 19 when he participated in a testing camp. He had competed in athletics at Simon Fraser University where Kripps led the 4 × 100 m team (Justin Kripps, Neal Hurtubise, Rob Drapala, Brett Robinson) to All-American honors and a school record at the 2005 NAIA Outdoor Track an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |