Mirela

Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva locked up third place overall on the World Cup women's skeleton standings with a sixth-place finish Friday in the final event of the season.Rahneva finished the event with a combined time of one minute 44.03…

At 34 years old, Canada's Mirela Rahneva has won her first major international medal.The Ottawa skeleton racer earned bronze at the skeleton world championships on Friday in St. Moritz, SwitzerlandRahneva, the two-time Olympian, entered the…

Canada is on the board at the skeleton World Cup.Calgary resident Mirela Rahneva captured gold on Thursday in Park City, Utah, her first time topping the podium on tour since 2019.Canadians missed out on skeleton medals during the season…

BEIJING - Mirela Rahneva raced to Canada's best finish in skeleton at the Beijing Olympics -- but it came with a steep price tag. The 33-year-old slider from Ottawa flirted with a podium position last…

Mirela Rahneva will leave Beijing with a career-best Olympic performance instead of a preferred medal around her neck. The Bulgarian-born, Ottawa-raised slider negotiated the 1,615-metre track in a combined four minutes 9.15 seconds across…

Canada's Mirela Rahneva snagged bronze at the skeleton World Cup in Germany on Friday, securing her first podium appearance of the season. After a first run of 57.08 seconds that left her sitting third, the 33-year-old Ottawa native…