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The Canadian bobsled team got together on Saturday night to play secret Santa. It was going to be pretty hard to top the loot they'd already gathered a ' the first 1-2 World Cup finish in Canadian women's bobsled history, and on the powerhouse Germans' sacred home track in Altenberg to boot.

Andre Lange of Germany won the two-man bobsled World Cup race on his home track Saturday, while the U.S. team of Steven Holcomb and Justin Olsen avoided injury when their sled crashed.

By Chris Jackett CORRESPONDENT Novi has a new gold medalist among their alumni.

Another huge weekend for U.S. women's bobsled brakeman Mickie Rzepka of Novi. Rzepka teammed with Shauna Rohbock, who drove to a World Cup victory Saturday at the 2006 Olympic track in Cesana, Italy.

Helen Upperton led all three Canadian women's sleds into the top-10 with a fourth-place finish in World Cup bobsleigh action on Saturday.

On a track that makes her feel like she spent a minute in a washing machine, Mellisa Hollingsworth still managed to speed to the fourth World Cup win of her career last Friday , when the skeleton racing circuit hit Lake Placid, N.Y. Hollingsworth's two-run time of one minute, 54.85 seconds, was good enough for her first-ever World Cup win on the ...

Sat Nov 21, 10:16 pm ET LAKE PLACID, N.Y. John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

Germans finish 1-2 in women's WC bobsled Eds: APNewsNow. LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Cathleen Martini won a World Cup women's bobsled race at Mount Van Hoevenberg, leading a 1-2 finish for the German team.

Germany's Cathleen Martini has won the women's bobsled World Cup season opener, driving her way to victory on the 2002 Olympic track for the second straight year.

Canadian bobsledders, driver Helen Upperton and Jenny Ciochetti, raced their sled to a first-place tie with Germany's Cathleen Martini after the first heat of the Viessmann Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary in November 2007.