SIGULDA, Latvia - Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva locked up third place overall on the World Cup women's skeleton standings with a sixth-place finish Friday in the final event of the season.
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.