Canadian Justin Kripps delays start of World Cup season until 2021
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This article was published 09/11/2020 (1783 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Canadian bobsled pilot Justin Kripps has delayed the start of his World Cup season until 2021.
The Olympic champion from Summerland, B.C., was aiming to begin the World Cup circuit this month but has instead decided to stay in Canada and train until at least January due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 33-year-old Kripps and his crew had just wrapped up training camp in Whistler, B.C., and originally planned to attend the first World Cup of the season in Latvia Nov. 23 before the change.
“We’ve decided together with @bobsleighcanskeleton that it’s no longer a good idea to travel to Europe to race the World Cups before Christmas,” Kripps said in an Instagram post on Monday.
“We’re disappointed we won’t be competing but the evolving Covid situation and travel restrictions has made it impossible for us to do it in a way that won’t impede our preparation for World Champs in February and the Olympic test event in March. We’ll be training hard in Calgary until January.”
Kripps, who finished the 2019-20 World Cup season third in both the two- and four-man events and second overall, teamed with brakeman Alex Kopacz to win gold in the two-man at 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published November 9, 2020.
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