INNSBRUCK: Stephanie Schneider won her second consecutive bobsled World Cup race Saturday, leading a German sweep of the European Championship podium. Racing together for the first time, pilot Schneider and pusher Annika Drazek defeated Elana Meyers Taylor and Kehri Jones of the United States by 0.36 seconds. Mariama Jamanka and Lisa-Marie Buckwitz of Germany were 0.01 further behind in third. The season’s fifth World Cup also counted as the European Championship, with Jamanka and Buckwitz taking the silver. Anna Koehler and Ann-Christin Strack finished the race in fifth and completed a German sweep of the European Championship medals. Kaillie Humphries of Canada, who finished fourth, remained on top of the World Cup standings, leading Meyers Taylor by 14 points.
Published in Daily Times, December 17th 2017.