Canada's Cynthia Appiah slides to monobob bronze in season's final World Cup
Toronto native claims 1st podium appearance of campaign
Canada's Cynthia Appiah saved her best performance for last.
The Toronto native won a bronze medal at the season-ending World Cup monobob event on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y., marking her first podium appearance of the season.
Appiah, 33, posted a two-run combined time of one minute 59.13 seconds, holding off fourth-place Laura Nolte of Germany by just three-hundredths of a second.
Australia's Bree Walker captured gold in 1:58.67, while American Elena Meyers Taylor scored silver in 1:58.91.
"It feels amazing to get this weight off my shoulders," said Appiah. "Today was a bit of redemption and a reminder to 'don't count me out yet."'
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Appiah claimed her 10th career World Cup monobob podium finish.
"The season has not gone the way I would have liked, so to finally crack the podium on what I consider my home track has been exhilarating," said Appiah. "I can't overstate the importance of this podium finish.
"World championships will be here next year and today was a great trial run for what fans and athletes can expect to see."
Appiah placed third in the season-long monobob standings last year, reaching five podiums across eight starts.
Last off-season, though, she returned to athletics after a 10-year absence, eventually placing third at Canadian nationals in shot put with a throw of 14.84 metres.
Action from Lake Placid continues Friday with the two-man bobsleigh heats slated for 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.
With files from Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
