Rahneva

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…

A pair of Canadians have medals in sight at the women's skeleton world championships.Mirela Rahneva and Jane Channell sit in second and third place, respectively, after two runs Thursday at the competition in St. Moritz,…

Canadian Mirela Rahneva narrowly missed the World Cup skeleton podium for the second straight week at the Altenberg track.The Ottawa native finished fourth in the women's event on Friday at the German course, just missing out on a third…

Mirela Rahneva is having a wild ride this World Cup season.The Canadian skeleton racer has won, been on a podium, or narrowly missed a podium in nearly every race so far.What makes her campaign truly special is that this is 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…

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Martins Dukurs of Latvia has done it again. Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands has done it for the first time, and the first time in her country's history. Dukurs and Bos…

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…