Tag: Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries of US Wins 100th Major Bobsled Medal

ALTENBERG, Germany—Kaillie Humphries of the United States got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career; 60 in World Cups, seven at the world championships and three at the…


History for Humphries, Who Wins Olympic Monobob Gold for US

BEIJING—Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and hoisted an American flag that someone had just handed her into the frosty air. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” she chanted. Four years ago, nobody would have seen that coming. The former Canadian bobsled heroine is an Olympic gold medalist for the third time—and for the first…


Carlsbad Gold Medalist, New US Citizen, Wins Second Bobsled Race in Two Days

CARLSBAD, Calif.—Officially an American citizen for just a few days, Carlsbad resident Kaillie Humphries teamed with Kaysha Love and won the two-woman bobsled World Cup race on Dec. 5 in Altenberg, Germany, her second victory in two days. Humphries piloted her sled to the second-fastest time on the first run, 56.99 seconds, 0.02 seconds behind the German duo…