Kaillie Humphries captured her first women’s two-woman bobsleigh World Cup victory since January 2022 in Sigulda, Latvia, teaming with Emily Renna to win a tightly-contested race by two hundredths of a second. The victory marked Humphries’ return to the top step of the podium in the discipline after nearly a three-year gap, and came in a field dominated by German sleds, with the American pair delivering the fastest second heat to secure the win.

Humphries, a two-time Olympic champion and one of the most decorated drivers in the sport, paired with Renna to post the fastest combined time over two heats, finishing in 1:42.80 seconds. After sitting just off the lead following the opening run, the U.S. sled produced the quickest second heat of the competition to edge Germany’s Lisa Buckwitz and Lauryn Siebert at the line. The result added another World Cup win to Humphries’ résumé this season, with the U.S. pairing capitalizing on their strong second heat to move to the top of the standings on the day.

Just behind the podium battle, Elana Meyers Taylor and Jadin O’Brien finished 4th in 1:43.10 seconds, less than three-tenths of a second off the win. Meyers Taylor, a four-time Olympic medalist, kept the U.S. firmly in contention with two steady, controlled runs that stayed competitive through the middle sectors of the Sigulda track. The result followed a familiar pattern for the veteran driver this winter, with margins again coming down to hundredths in a deep international field.

The U.S. also placed a third sled inside the top half of the field, with Kaysha Love and Sadie McMullen finishing 13th overall. While the pairing was farther back on the leaderboard, the run provided valuable World Cup experience on one of the circuit’s more technically demanding tracks, a priority emphasized by USA Bobsled & Skeleton as it continues developing talent across the women’s program.

Germany placed two sleds on the podium, with Buckwitz and Siebert finishing 2nd and Laura Nolte and Leonie Kluwig taking 3rd, while a third German sled placed inside the top six to underline the nation’s continued depth in the discipline. Switzerland’s Melanie Hasler and Nadja Pasternack rounded out the top five, again keeping the margins tight across the field. 

The U.S. women put three sleds inside the top 10 at the IBSF Women’s Monobob World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia, continuing a steady early-season presence as the circuit heads deeper into the 2025–26 campaign.

Meyers Taylor led the American charge, finishing 5th overall with a two-run total of 1:46.73 seconds. The four-time Olympic medalist was competitive through the speed traps in both heats, posting top-three sector times late in the first run before slipping slightly in the second, where small losses through the middle of the track pushed her just off the podium. Meyers Taylor’s result follows a pattern seen earlier this season, where she consistently has raced among the front group even when margins between positions are measured in hundredths.

Just behind her, Humphries placed 6th in 1:46.79 seconds, matching Switzerland’s Melanie Hasler on total time. Humphries, the reigning Olympic champion in monobob and the Sigulda track record holder, showed strong late-run speed in both heats but gave up time at the start compared with the leaders. The result firmly keeps her in contention as the season progresses, with Sigulda again proving how tightly packed the discipline has become at the top.

Love rounded out the U.S. contingent in 10th place with a total of 1:47.10. Love delivered two solid, consistent runs, improving her second-heat ranking and finishing within six-tenths of the win — another indication of the shrinking gaps across the field in women’s monobob.

At the front, Australia’s Bree Walker claimed victory just by 0.11 seconds over Germany’s Nolte, underscoring the razor-thin margins that also shaped the American results.

Germany swept the podium in dominant fashion in the men’s two-man bobsled World Cup at Sigulda, Latvia. After two four-man events took place in Lillehammer, it was the turn of the two-man events to run twice in Sigulda. While the U.S. teams firmly remained in the hunt, they just were off the medals in both tightly-packed races.

In the first event, Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller led the German charge, winning both heats and finishing more than two-tenths clear with a combined time of 1:38.97 seconds. Johannes Lochner and Thorsten Margis followed in 2nd, with Adam Ammour and Benedikt Hertel completing the sweep in third, underscoring Germany’s continued depth and consistency in the discipline — a trend that has defined much of the World Cup circuit in recent seasons.

The top American result came from Frank Del Duca and Joshua Williamson, who finished 5th overall in 1:39.62 seconds. The U.S. pair stayed within striking distance of the podium through both runs, posting competitive speeds down the Sigulda track but giving up time to the Germans at the start and through the final sector. Their result solidly keeps them in the mix as the season builds toward its midpoint, with margins again measured in hundredths rather than seconds.

A second U.S. sled, piloted by Geoffrey Gadbois with Quinten Arello, placed 18th after a challenging opening run left them chasing the field. While the final result did not reflect their best potential, it provided additional race experience on one of the circuit’s more technically demanding tracks.

When it came time for round two, Germany again set the pace, repeating a podium sweep one day after doing the same in Saturday’s opener, though with a reshuffled order at the front.

After Friedrich led Germany’s 1–2–3 finish on Saturday, it was Lochner who topped the field in Sunday’s race alongside Georg Fleischhauer, winning both heats and finishing in 1:38.84 seconds. Friedrich, racing with Schuller, moved down to second, while Ammour and Joshua Tasche completed another all-German podium.

The leading American result again came from Del Duca, who finished 6th on Sunday with Hunter Powell after placing 5th in Saturday’s opener. Del Duca’s sled remained just within over a second of the winning time in both races, highlighting the tight margins separating the front of the field as the World Cup season develops. A second U.S. entry, Gadbois and Bryce Cheek, finished 24th after another difficult start left them chasing the field, echoing the challenges they faced in the first Sigulda race.

With Germany locking out the podium on consecutive days and the U.S. maintaining a consistent presence just outside the medals, the Sigulda doubleheader reinforced Germany’s control at the top and the increasingly-compressed competition behind them in the lead-up to the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February.