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Canada's Mirela Rahneva slides to bronze at skeleton world championships

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At 34 years old, Canada's Mirela Rahneva has won her first major international medal. The Ottawa skeleton racer earned bronze at the skeleton world championships on Friday in St.

Moritz, Switzerland Rahneva, the two-time Olympian, entered the final run outside of podium position in fifth place, but notched the third-fastest time of the round to earn her medal.

Fellow Canadian Jane Channell went in the opposite direction, sliding from third place after the third run all the way to sixth after her worst run of the competition.

Germany's Susanne Kreher won gold with a total time of four minutes 33.57 seconds, while Dutch racer Kimberley Bos scored silver just one one-hundredth of a second behind.

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