PHOTOS: BMW IBSF World Cup Sliding
November 20, 2017
The Utah Olympic Park played host to the second stop of the BMW IBSF World Cup circuit this past weekend, Nov. 17th and 18th. The event featured athletes from over 20 countries that came to compete in skeleton and bobsled events. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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Russia's Yulia Kanakina begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Kanakina averaged a speed of nearly 79 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.79 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Russia's Renata Khuzina begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Khuzina averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.87 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Bos averaged a speed of 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.47 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Great Britain's Jeremy Rice slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Rice averaged a speed of 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.92 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Spectators stand at the Utah Olympic Park bobsled and skeleton track's curve 6 as they await the next skeleton participant during the BMW IBSF World Cup on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The event spanned two days and welcomed athletes from over 20 countries to participate in skeleton and bobsled events. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Canada's Barrett Martineau slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Martineau averaged a speed of 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.90 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's John Daly slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Daly averaged a speed of 81 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.54 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Greg West slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. West averaged a speed of 81 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.47 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych begins his run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Heraskevych averaged a speed of nearly 82 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.32 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych begins his run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Heraskevych averaged a speed of nearly 82 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.32 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Russia's Renata Khuzina begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Khuzina averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.87 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Germany's Sophia Griebel begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Griebel averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.61 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Japan's Nozomi Komuro begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Komuro averaged a speed of 79 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.99 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Skeleton sleds are lined up on deck at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The event spanned two days and welcomed athletes from over 20 countries to participate in skeleton and bobsled events. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Savannah Graybill begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Graybill averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.93 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Savannah Graybill begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Graybill averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.93 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Savannah Graybill begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Graybill averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.93 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Canada's Jane Channell begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Channell averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.56 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Belgium's Kim Meylemans begins her run at the top of the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled & skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Maylemans averaged a speed of nearly 80 mph, completing the course with a time of 50.54 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Rusty Bourland attempts a selfie with a skeleton athlete as he rounds curve 12 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track during the BMW IBSF World Cup on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Bourland and his family are visiting Park City from Austin, Tx. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Track crew member Jared Sawyer blows away errant ice pieces and snow from the starting run of the bobsled and skeleton track during a break between runs on Saturday, November 18, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Greg West slides through curve 12 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. West averaged a speed of 81 mph, completing the course with a time of 49.47 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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Italy's Simone Bertazzo, Simone Fontana, Costantino Ughi and Giovanni Mulassano slide through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Great Britain's Bradley Hall, Bruce Tasker, Joel Fearon and Gregory Cackett slide through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled kicked off the first of two heats of bobsled that evening. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ivo de Bruin, Jeroen Piek, Bror van der Zijde and Janko Frantic of the Netherlands slide through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Spectators waved and photographed as the sleds thundered by. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
France's Loic Costerg, Vincent Ricard, Vincent Castell and Dorian Hauterville slide through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Codie Bascue, Nathan Weber, Carlo Valdes and Samuel McGuffie slide through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Team Canada slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Canada raced three sleds in the first heat of bobsled that evening. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Kelly Dobitz, left, and Wayne Gordon pose for a photo with a Canada bobsled as it slides through curve 6 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track on Saturday, November 18, 2017. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Switzerland's Beat Hefti, Yann Moulinier, Sandro Ferrari and Marco Tanner push their sled as the crowd cheers them on during the first run of the 4-man bobsled event of the evening at the Utah Olympic Park on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled placed 22nd among the 24 sleds that competed, traveling at nearly 84 mph and finishing with a time of 48.10 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Switzerland's Rico Peter, Alex Baumann, Simon Frieldi and Martin Meier slide through curve 4 at the Utah Olympic Park's bobsled and skeleton track as the sun sets on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled placed 23rd among the 24 sleds that competed, traveling at nearly 85 mph and finishing with a time of 48.18 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Switzerland's Beat Hefti, Yann Moulinier, Sandro Ferrari and Marco Tanner hop in their sled as the crowd cheers them on during the first run of the 4-man bobsled event of the evening at the Utah Olympic Park on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled placed 22nd among the 24 sleds that competed, traveling at nearly 84 mph and finishing with a time of 48.10 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Justin Olsen, Evan Weinstock, Steven Langton and Christopher Fogt push their sled as the crowd cheers them on during the first run of the 4-man bobsled event of the evening at the Utah Olympic Park on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled placed 15th among the 24 sleds that competed, traveling at nearly 84 mph and finishing with a time of 48.00 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
USA's Justin Olsen, Evan Weinstock, Steven Langton and Christopher Fogt push their sled as the crowd cheers them on during the first run of the 4-man bobsled event of the evening at the Utah Olympic Park on Saturday, November 18, 2017. The sled placed 15th among the 24 sleds that competed, traveling at nearly 84 mph and finishing with a time of 48.00 seconds. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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