Gold medalist Kaillie Humphries of the United States attends the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
YANQING, Beijing, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kaillie Humphries of the United States broke Germany's stranglehold on the sliding sports at the Beijing Olympic Winter games on Monday as she won gold of the inaugural women's monobob event.
Humphries clocked a winning time of four minutes 19.27 seconds over four runs to take the gold, followed by another American slider Elana Meyers Taylor in 4:20.81.
Christine de Bruin of Canada finished third in 4:20.81.
The Canadian racer said the bronze she won at monobob would motivate her to perform better at two-woman event.
"It means that I have a really good understanding of the track and with Buj (Kristen Bujnowski) my brakewoman behind me, we have a very competitive push. Put the two together and we should have a great result," she said.
Before Humphries' gold, German racers had triumphed at all of the previous six events in Yanqing, with four golds in luge and two in skeleton. ■
Silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States attends the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States celebates after the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Bronze medalist Christine de Bruin of Canada attends the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Katrin Beierl of Austria competes during the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Christine de Bruin of Canada competes during the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Giada Andreutti of Italy competes during the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Ying Qing of China competes during the bobsleigh women's monobob competition of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
