Canada's Appiah 5th in women's monobob, American Humphries wins gold

Canada's Cynthia Appiah secured a top-five finish in the women's monobob competition at the IBSF World Cup in Altenburg, Germany, on Saturday. Meanwhile, American Kaillie Humphries won her second consecutive race on the German track, finishing with a two-heat combined time of two minutes and 0.61 seconds.

Lora Nolte of Germany came in second to Humphries for the second straight week with a time of 2:01.13, and Breeana Walker of Australia claimed bronze, clocking in at 2:01.89.

North York, Ont., native Appiah didn't get the start she wanted on her first run, recording the ninth best time at 1:01.52, but she salvaged her day in the second heat with a time of 1:00.90. That time was a better mark than any run outside of Humphries and Nolte across either heat, and allowed her to finish with a total time of 2:02.42.

The Winnipeg native started out with the seventh best time in the first heat at 1:01.31, but hit a skid going into the Kreisel, knocking her off course and tipping her bobsled over on its side.

Ribi did regain control to the point where she was able to get her bobsled back on track, but the damage was already done and she recorded the slowest time of the day at 1:05.07, bringing her total to 2:06.38 for a 14th-place finish.

WATCH | Appiah, Ribi compete in monobob in Germany:

The 26-year-old still holds onto a top-five spot in the overall standings with 985 points thanks in large part due to her gold-medal performance in Whistler, B.C., in November, while Appiah sits in third with 1,106 points.

Humphries and Nolte hold the top two spots with 1,295 and 1,230 points respectively.

Later in the day, Canada's Taylor Austin and Cyrus Gray finished 17th in the two-man bobsleigh event.

Lethbridge, Alta., native Austin