PARK CITY, Utah (AP) The United States did the men's and women's double at the bobsled World Cup on their home track Friday.
Elena Meyers and Aja Evans overcame a first-run deficit on the 2002 Olympic track to finish the two heats with a combined 1 minute, 37.67 seconds to edge Olympic gold-medal favorite Kaillie Humphries of Canada by 0.13 seconds and give the U.S. its first victory on the women's World Cup circuit in nearly three years.
"I had a rough training week but I can't say enough about my teammates," Meyers said. "I got a text from every single one of them, telling me to keep my head up and telling me I could do this, and I'm so happy we came out here and took away the gold."
Then Steven Holcomb and Chris Fogt took out the men's race, winning in 1:35:51, precisely quarter of a second ahead of American teammates Nick Cunningham and Dallas Robinson. Germany's Francesco Friedrich and Jannis Baecker the reigning world champions were 0.29 seconds off the pace in third.
"When you have two great starts, it's easy to stay in the lead," said Holcomb, who calls Park City home and learned bobsledding on that very track.