Canada's Cynthia Appiah wins World Cup silver medal in monobob

Canada's Cynthia Appiah captured a silver medal in the final World Cup monobob race of the season on Saturday in Lillehammer, Norway.

Appiah posted a two-run combined time of one minute, 48.66 seconds down the 16-corner track.

"Finally," said Appiah in a release from Bobsleigh Canada. "This feels amazing. It's been a frustrating season for me, similar to last year, waiting until the last World Cup to get on that podium. I'm choosing to look at it as a positive though, and that we are peaking right time before World Championships. There is no better time for this than now."

It was the 11th monobob podium of Appiah's career. The 34-year-old hadn't seen the Canadian flag raised above the podium since last year when she snagged the bronze medal in the final race of the season in Lake Placid, New York.

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Toronto's Cynthia Appiah strikes monobob silver for her 1st World Cup medal of the season

"It so great seeing the Canadian flag wherever we go, but always awesome to see your flag raised above the podium (especially on National Flag Day)," said Appiah. "Standing on the podium, and watching that flag raised always puts it into perspective how amazing it is to compete for our country, and reassurance that we are so supported by our fellow Canadians back home regardless of our results."

Germany's Lisa Buckwitz of Germany won bronze to lock up the overall season points title. Bree Walker of Australia took gold in the race and finished second in the points chase.

Appiah finished seventh in the overall standings.

The U.S. skipped the World Cup finale to spend more time preparing for next month's bobsleigh and skeleton world championships in Lake Placid, New