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26 Jan 2010 8:20 AM
Bobsleigh: Upperton finds friendship in a tough situation
Helen Upperton has learned that in the sport of bobsleigh, friendships don't always come easily.
03 Jan 2010 9:12 PM
Bobsleigh: Offering support to Olympians
B2ten is in many ways an attitude as well as a program that seems to fly in the face of the just-happy-to-be-here-and-set-a-personal-best stereotype too many Canadians still have of their amateur athletes.
19 Dec 2009 8:33 AM
Bobsleigh: Canada earns 1-2 finish at bobsleigh World Cup
Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won gold, and Helen Upperton and Jennifer Ciochetti added a silver medal as Canada finished 1-2 at a bobsleigh World Cup in Alternberg, Germany on Saturday.
12 Dec 2009 10:25 AM
Bobsleigh: Humphries, Moyse break track record, but finish 5th
Canadian pilot Kaillie Humphries caught air on her first run and had difficulty again in her second run en route to a fifth-place finish in a race in which she and brakeman Heather Moyse broke the track record start-time.
05 Dec 2009 12:00 AM
Bobsleigh: Upperton just misses the podium in Cesana
Bobsleigh pilot Helen Upperton of Calgary and brakeman Jenny Ciochetti of Edmonton finished fourth at the World Cup in Cesana, Italy on Saturday. The Canada 1 sled missed out on bronze by 0.06 seconds.
11 Nov 2009 12:00 AM
Bobsleigh: Choosing the bobsleigh brakemen
Who rides in the back seat? For Canada-2 pilot Kaillie Humphries, it's too close to call. A brakeman in 2006, she was unable to live out her Olympic dream. How can she keep her teammates from achieving theirs?
28 Oct 2009 12:00 AM
Bobsleigh: Bobsleigh Canada releases World Cup roster
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton named 32 gutsy sliders Wednesday to its national squads. The group has an impressive track record that bodes well for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
23 Apr 2009 7:02 PM
Sports: Corporate Canada steps up for athletes
The marketing power of the 2010 Winter Games is kicking into high gear as five Canadian Olympic hopefuls each earn $30,000 sponsorship deals from the North American energy company Spectra Energy.
22 Feb 2009 11:23 PM
Sports: Canadians at home in the top-10
From bobsleigh to snowboard, Canada's athletes had a strong weekend in world championship and World Cup events across the board.
21 Feb 2009 11:28 AM
Bobsleigh: Great Britain takes gold where it counts
Great Britain's Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke take their first World Championship race in Lake Placid, Saturday. Canadians finish 4-5 and miss out on a medal by less than one-tenth of a second.
20 Feb 2009 11:32 AM
Bobsleigh: Americans lead women's bobsleigh Worlds
American Shauna Rohbock leads the Women's Bobsleigh World Championships at the halfway point in Lake Placid, N.Y. After matching a track record in the first run, Canadians Humphries and Moyse sit in fourth.
06 Feb 2009 9:13 PM
Bobsleigh: Lueders, Bissett settle for bronze
Canada's Pierre Lueders and David Bissett led the pack going into the final bobsleigh run in Whistler, but costly errors knocked the Canada 1 sled out of first place. Germany's Thomas Florschuetz took the gold.
06 Feb 2009 6:53 PM
Bobsleigh: Humphries, Moyse earn silver at home
Canadian pilot Kaillie Humphries and brakeman Heather Moyse rifled through the Whistler bobsleigh track Friday and earned a World-Cup silver medal. Alberta's Helen Upperton and Jenny Ciochetti finished fourth.
04 Feb 2009 12:00 AM
Bobsleigh: Bobsledder Upperton struggles with rib injury
Recovery from two detached ribs promises to be long and painful for Canadian bobsledder Helen Upperton. The Calgary pilot is still not back on a regular exercise program three weeks after the injury.