Canada's Cynthia Appiah slides to monobob bronze at Beijing Olympic test event
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Cynthia Appiah of Toronto gave fans a glimpse of her potential on the bobsleigh track in Beijing if given the opportunity to return for Olympic competition in February.
On Monday, the 31-year-old blazed to a two-run time of two minutes 10.46 seconds in the Chinese city for third place in women's monobob at a Winter Games test event.
"I am really happy with my performance but definitely hungry for more," Appiah told Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton after her first career podium finish as a pilot at the elite level.
"I'm loving this track because it is very unique. It's a very hard track to describe because I don't think there is really anything like it in the world."
Monobob will make its Olympic debut at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre.
Appiah, who placed fifth at the world championships last season, admitted to making a costly mistake midway down the 16-corner track on her second run that caused her to lose time and dropped her to third position from second.
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The former brakeman is set to compete full-time on the World Cup circuit this season.
Germany's Mariama Jamanka won Monday's competition in 2:10.11 ahead of Switzerland's Melanie Hasler (2:10.19).
Appiah's teammate, Christine De Bruin, climbed three spots in her final run to finish fourth in 2:10.54, the two-time world medallist's best-ever monobob result on the Beijing track.
"I am super happy with how things went today, especially since I finished last in my first monobob race last season. I'm really starting to like this whole monobob thing," laughed the 32-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta.
"This is my best result by far, and given that it is on the Olympic track, gets me very excited for this upcoming World Cup season."
On the men's side, Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont., were fourth in Monday's two-man bobsleigh event.
Steady in both heats, Kripps finished 6-100ths of a second off the medal podium in a combined time of 2:00.95.
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