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"They let me out because & egrave; I am a woman," these are serious accusations launched by the two-time Olympic champion bobsled Kaillie Humphries to Canadian newspapers, two days after learning from his federation not to have been selected to participate in the first three races World Cup in specialty & agrave; the four-man bob.
Thursday 12 November 2015 6 minutes reading time
The thirty year old Calgary & nbsp; last year thanks to the new rule passed by the International Federation & nbsp; it was like the rival Elana Meyers the first woman to pilot a mixed crew of four-man bob in the top world. Kaillie aimed much of this second season in its new specialty & agrave; tant '' & egrave; that with the new team led by powerful brakeman & nbsp; Lascelles Brown had finished third & nbsp; in the selection race, finishing behind Justin Kripps and Christopher Spring.
The Canadian Federation has for & ograve; It decided to convene the talented pilot only in women's bobsleigh, summoning the only Justin Kripps in the four-man bob. "I'm angry, I IS been told that I can not help it because & egrave; I'm a girl! It '' absurd 'is & egrave; Humphries vented to the media, implying that she was discriminated against as a woman.
Dry the answer Sarah Storey President of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton Federation has so & Igrave; He replied, "There '' IS been no discrimination in the selection of the squad. The allegations of Humphries are outrageous and totally inappropriate also because & egrave; our federation & egrave; was among the first to believe in the project bob female."
Behind this choice there are other reasons continued Storey, "Quest''anno our technicians have promoted a number of rather run brakeman therefore currently only one pilot has at its disposal a dedicated team. As a federation we have implemented the selection criteria very strict because & egrave; our policy & egrave; to send crews competitive in the World Cup not tourists. Our goal IS to let athletes compete in a position to fight for the podium in every race. "
Not having been included in the team of the World Cup, Humphries to develop driving skills in four-man bob should take part in minor circuits, but often the European Cup or the North America Cup in parallel with the events of World Cup therefore two-time World Championship is facing a crossroads, "I am convinced that I will fail & ograve; never to win an Olympic medal or the world's four-man bob. I do not want to support me and the fact that they put me in a position to make a choice between skip World Cup races and participate in testing under Four-Man & egrave; something absurd that not wish on anyone. "
With the 'inclusion of the four-man bob women in the program of the World Igls 2016, albeit as a demonstrative discipline, it seems that the International Federation is about to launch a world circuit dedicated to this specialty & agrave; and obviously Humphries wants to get ready for this appointment, "I have so many important sponsors who believe and invest on me, I have the wonderful teammates. I would have everything & ograve; that un''atleta could want, everything & ograve; to & ograve; not enough if you have a federation that does not support you. "
Quest''anno therefore we will not see any mixed crew in the World Series, and they were not Elana Meyers & egrave; selected by their federation in the four-man bob. The feeling & egrave; the four-man bob women is already & agrave; dead before making its world debut ... (about it you may want to listen to the fifteenth episode of the podcast All against Ambesi)
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Bob Two Male
Christopher Spring and Justin Kripps
Bob Four
Justin Kripps
Bob Female
Kaillie Humphries
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