Evan Neufeldt cycled to Royal University Hospital to get checked out after having an epileptic seizure in May 2020. He was assessed and then left alone in a room. While he was lying in bed unattended, he had another seizure, fell off the bed and broke his neck.
A pair of Canadians have medals in sight at the women's skeleton world championships. Mirela Rahneva and Jane Channell sit in second and third place, respectively, after two runs Thursday at the competition in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Canadian Mirela Rahneva narrowly missed the podium for the second straight week at the Altenberg track. The Ottawa native finished fourth in the women's skeleton event on Friday at the German course, just missing out on a third place finish in back-to-back events after also taking fourth place last Friday.
Canada's Blake Enzie opened his first full skeleton World Cup campaign with a flourish Thursday. Racing alongside athletes he's long admired, the 21-year-old Calgarian posted a personal best sixth-place finish at the season opener in Whistler, B.C.