Canada’s Cynthia Appiah saved her best performance for last.
The Toronto native won a bronze medal at the season-ending World Cup monobob event on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y., marking her first podium appearance of the season.
Appiah, 33, posted a two-run combined time of one minute 59.13 seconds, holding off fourth-place Laura Nolte of Germany by just three-hundredths of a second.
Australia’s Bree Walker captured gold in 1:58.67, while American Elena Meyers Taylor scored silver in 1:58.91.
WATCH | Appiah slides to bronze in Lake Placid:
Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah captured her first World Cup monobob medal of the season in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Appiah placed third in the season-long monobob standings last year, reaching five podiums across eight starts.
Last off-season, though, she returned to athletics after a 10-year absence, eventually placing third at Canadian nationals in shot put with a throw of 14.84 metres.
Action from Lake Placid continues Friday with the two-man bobsleigh heats slated for 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.
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