Canadian Mirela Rahneva takes silver medal at skeleton World Cup
WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada’s Mirela Rahneva enjoyed a good start to 2020, sliding to a silver medal at the skeleton World Cup on Sunday.
The 31-year-old had the fastest run of the day (58.01 seconds) while sliding down the Winterberg track in the final heat to secure the ninth World Cup medal of her career and first this season. The 2018 Olympian finished with a combined time of one minute 56.24 seconds.
“This feels really good,” said Rahneva, who has finished third in the overall World Cup standings in each of the last two seasons.
“I was sitting in fourth after that first run and was determined I would not be edged off that podium again.”