Here is star hurdler Lolo Jones in her first World Cup bobsled competition.
Reigning world champion Kaillie Humphries of Calgary won the gold medal in the bobsled season-opener, beating the United States team of Jones and Jazmine Fenlator.
Humphries and brakewoman Chelsea Valois of Zenon Park, Sask., finished the two runs at Lake Placid in one minute 54.86 seconds 0.47 seconds ahead of Fenlator and Jones, a two-time Olympian in hurdles.
Getting a leg up
Mexican heptathlon athlete Karla Schleske competes in the women’s 100m hurdles discipline at the Pan American Games. Photo: MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images