Canada’s Christine de Bruin has reached the podium in the Olympic debut of monobob.
The Stony Plain, Alta., native raced to bronze on Monday at the National Sliding Centre in Yanqing, a district of Beijing.
Kaillie Humphries, who competed for Canada at the previous three Games before splitting with the team and joining the U.S., won gold to become the inaugural Olympic monobob champion.
Elana Meyers Taylor, 37, joined her American teammate on the podium with silver.
FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL 🚨<br><br>Christine de Bruin comes up big for Canada guaranteeing herself a medal in the debut of monobob 🇨🇦 <a href=”https://t.co/W0zqRgLBwD”>pic.twitter.com/W0zqRgLBwD</a>
—@CBCOlympics
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