Park City (RWH) Bobsleigh pilots Yooran Kim from Korea (Women’s Bobsleigh), Taylor Austin (CAN, 2-Man Bobsleigh) and Edson Bindilatti from Brazil (4-Man Bobsleigh) after the races in Park City (USA) are the current leaders in IBSF North American Cup.

In Women’s Bobsleigh, Yooran Kim (KOR, 584 points) is in the lead after six of eight races ahead of Nicole Vogt from USA (578) Chinese Qing Ying (560).

Canadian Taylor Austin (552) leads the field in 2-Man Bobsleigh. Geoffrey Gadbois (USA, 530) is second overall ahead of Yijun Shao from China (492).

In 4-Man Bobsleigh, current leader Edson Bindilatti from Brazil (600) is followed in overall ranking by Drazen Silic (CRO, 508) and US-pilot Taylor Austin (490).

World Cup athletes from different countries made the trip to Park City North American Cup to get extra races in before heading to Germany for the next set of World Cup races. The US World Cup team was the most successful: World Champion Elana Meyers Taylor, Nick Cunningham and Justin Olsen all won at least one gold medal.

The finale of IBSF North American Cup 2017/2018 takes place in Lake Placid (USA, January 11-14, 2018).

All results can be found at http://www.ibsf.org/en/races-results, the overall rankings at http://www.ibsf.org/en/rankings. ©RWH2017

Edson Bindilatti BRA, Photo: Charlie Booker