WHISTLER, B.C – Kaillie Humphries considered defecting to the British bobsled team after she was benched by Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Good thing she didn’t.
On Wednesday night, the Calgary pilot, along with brakeman Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., led a Canadian charge at the Whistler Sliding Centre, winning the gold medal in women’s two-man bobsled at the Vancouver Winter Games.
With a four-run combined time of three minutes 32.28 seconds, Humphries and Moyse edged Canadian teammates Helen Upperton of Calgary and Shelley-Ann Brown of Pickering, Ont., who captured the silver medal in 3:33.13.
“I have so many people that believed in me when I doubted. This medal belongs to a lot of people, not just us,” said Upperton. “One-two at home? It’s not possible to be better than that.”
“I can’t even express the jubilation I’m feeling right now,” added Brown. “I”m usually a lot more eloquent than this. I don’t have the words to express what I’m feeling.”
Erin Pac and Elana Meyers, of the U.S., finished third in a time of 3:33:40.
The bobsled performance marks the first time Canada has won multiple medals in a single Olympic event since Duff Gibson of Vaughn, Ont., won gold and Jeff Pain of Calgary captured silver in men’s skeleton at the Turin Games in 2006.
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