In bobsled, Germany (which includes East Germany and Western Germany), has been the most dominant nation in the history of the Olympic Winter Games as they have come away with 44 medals all-time. That said, Canada has a history themselves with nine medals overall.
In Beijing this month, Justin Kripps of Summerland, British Columbia, will be trying to deliver just like he did four years ago at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. In a remarkable two-man bobsleigh competition, Kripps and Alexander Kopacz of London, Ontario tied the German team of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis with a time of 3:16.86 to win gold.
Since then, Kripps now has a new brakeman in Cameron Stones of Oshawa, Ontario. This past season, Kripps and Stones finished in second place in the World Cup bobsled standings with 1530 points, including four podium finishes in eight events. However Kripps will also be a medal contender as a driver in the four-man as well, as Canada won three World Cup medals leading up to Beijing.
In women’s bobsled, Christine De Bruin of Edmonton, Alberta will be a contender in the two-woman event with Kristen Bujnowski of London. Ontario, and could also reach the podium in women’s monobob too, which is making its Olympic debut. In fact, there were three Canadian women in the top eight in the Women’s Monobob World Series this year, as Cynthia Appiah of North York, Ontario was third, De Bruin was fourth, and Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alberta was eighth.
