'Greatest in the history of the sport' - Greg Rutherford hails GOAT Kaillie Humphries after historic monobob gold

Greg Rutherford has paid tribute to Kaillie Humphries, describing the Canadian-American bobsledder as ‘the greatest bobsledder in the history of the sport’. Humphries racing for Team USA, became the first Olympic athlete to win gold in the bobsleigh monobob event following its introduction at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. Ad/> It was the 30-year-old’s third Olympic gold having previously won golds in the two-woman event in 2010 and 2014 while representing Canada.

/> Beijing 2022'Jamaica is back in the Games' — Watch bobsleigh team return to Winter OlympicsAN HOUR AGO Rutherford, who attempted to compete in the bobsleigh for Team GB at the Games, revealed that it was Humphries who encouraged him to take up the sport, and praised her ‘incredible’ ability on the tracks. “Kaillie Humphries is the reason I was doing bobsleigh,” said Rutherford. “She was the person who, for probably seven years, was badgering me to go and give it a go.

“We trained together in America, and I got to witness what it’s like to train with one of the greatest bobsledders of all time. “When you watch her, fundamentally what she doesn’t do is hit walls very often. There’s always the tiny taps here and there, but she finds the optimum line on every course.

“You can see that emotion. This is her third Olympic title and it means as much as the first one.” Humphries becomes first-ever Olympic monobob champion ‘I chose a nation, it chose me back’ — Humphries first woman to win gold for two countries The Monobob was introduced to the Games for the first time this year and Rutherford explained how Humphries, who had historically competed in the two-person event, was able to adapt to the switch so smoothly. “With monobob, you have to do everything.