Team USA Competes in Last World Cup before the Holidays

SIGULDA, LATIVA (December 15, 2024) - Team USA competed in the last IBSF World Cup races before the 2024 holiday season this weekend. 

Kaysha Love slid into redemption this season on the Latvian track with a third-place finish in 2-Woman bobsled alongside push athlete Jasmine Jones with a combined time of 1:49.22, following two crashes last season on the Latvian track. This medal marked the first bobsled World Cup podium finish of the season for Team USA. 

“This was a very exciting race for Jasmine and I as last year we unfortunately crashed. So to come back a year later and to successfully make it down was such a fun experience to end the first half of the season. I’m really proud of Jasmine and her pushes,” shared Love.

“Having this podium finish with Kaysha has been a memorable experience! To have the turnaround from last year's race to this year has been incredible and I’m proud of our achievement,” Jones elaborated on their exciting medal moment. 

Also in 2-Woman bobsled, Kaillie Armburster Humphries alongside Emily Renna placed tenth with a two-heat time of 1:50.61. Elana Meyers Taylor and Azaria Hill placed 11th with a time of 1:50.75. 

In Women’s Monobob the day before, Love placed sixth with a time of 1:47.42, followed by Meyers Taylor in eighth with a time of 1:47.62. Armbruster Humphries placed 11th with a time of 1:47.88 and Sylvia Hoffman placed 15th with a time of 1:49.05. 

Women’s and Men’s Skeleton took place on the 13th. In Women’s Skeleton, Mystique Ro placed seventh with a time of 1:43.56. Katie Uhlaender placed 16th with a time of 1:44.81, Kelly Curtis placed 22nd with a time of 1:45.62 and Sara Roderick placed 27th with a one-run time of 53.07. 

In Men’s Skeleton, Austin Florian placed seventh with a time of 1:40.65. Dan Barefoot placed 23rd with a time of 1:42.74 and Hunter Williams placed 27th with a one-run time of 51.71. 

In Men’s Bobsled, Saturday and Sunday brought back-to-back 2-Man races instead of the typical one day of 2-Man and one day of 4-Man racing seen in World Cup races on other tracks. In Race 1 for Team USA, push athlete Carsten Vissering made his 2-Man World Cup debut alongside pilot Frankie Del Duca. The pair placed 11th with a two-run time of 1:40.31.

In Race 2, Del Duca alongside Charlie Volker finished fifth with a combined time of 1:40.11.

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