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• LA PLAGNE, France -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries continued her domination of the World Cup bobsled circuit Friday, claiming her eighth straight victory and her second win of the season on European soil. Peyton Manning Womens Jersey . Humphries, from Calgary, and rookie brakeman Chelsea Valois of Zenon Park, Sask., posted the fastest time in both heats for a winning time of two minutes 3.30 seconds on the La Plagne track in the French Alps. "I wouldnt have guessed this would happen at the beginning of the year, but Im not shocked either," said Humphries, the reigning Olympic champion. "I think everyone believes they are capable of something like this, and always hope for it, so Im very happy we have been able to do it." Two American sleds completed a North American sweep of the podium. Jamie Greubel and Emily Azevedo teamed up in the USA 2 sled to win silver in 2:03.57. Elana Meyers drove the USA 1 sled to the bronze medal in 2:03.81 with Katie Eberling on the brakes. Humphries has only competed at La Plange twice, winning the gold medal at the track last year. Her win Friday was her ninth career World Cup victory, bringing her career medal total to 16. "I think this track likes me and I like it," Humprhies said. "It is nice to come back to a track and win again. That is very important to me." Humphries started her streak by winning the last three World Cup events last season, becoming the first Canadian driver to take the overall womens title in the process. Humphries welcomed rookie Valois to her crew after the season, and the two showed instant chemistry. They won the Canadian championship in Valois first-ever competitive bobsled race, then went on to win the season opener at Lake Placid. Humphries made it five wins in a row in Park City, Utah before heading back to Whistler where she matched Germanys Sandra Kiriasis six-race winning streak during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Humphries broke the record with her seventh victory in a row last week in Winterberg, Germany -- a track that had previously given her trouble. Despite her undefeated start to the season, Humphries said there is still a lot of work to do before the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. "Chelsea and I know the Americans are still the fastest on the starts, and the Germans are still the best at driving," she said. "We have lots of room to grow, but we are going to continue working hard together so we can achieve our ultimate goal of standing on top of the podium in Sochi." Jenny Ciochetti of Edmonton and Emily Baadsvik of St. Stephen, N.B., were 12th in 2:05.14. Earlier in the day, Latvias Martins Dukurs continued his dominance of the mens skeleton circuit, winning for the fourth time this year in a time of 2:02.00. Russias Alexander Tretjyakov won silver in 2:02.54, while Tomass Dukurs, Martins brother, won bronze in 2:02.92. Eric Neilson, of Kelowna, B.C., was eighth, Jon Montgomery of Russell, Man., was ninth and Calgarys John Fairbairn was 12th. The World Cup continues Saturday with mens bobsled and womens skeleton. Authentic Broncos Jerseys . Now there is no telling when the league and the players will return to the bargaining table. After a one-day break following a series of formal discussions this week, the sides got back to business on Sunday. Broncos Womens Jerseys . -- Alex Ovechkin is injured. http://broncosjerseys.ucigreeks.com/ . Stafford threw one interception and didnt help Detroit score a point in his three drives, and the Cleveland Browns took advantage in a 19-17 win over the Lions on Friday night. Broncos Autographed Jerseys . Among the list of his many achievements is no mention of his 21st NHL season, the one that was never played because of the 2004-05 lockout. With the sport back in another dark period brought on by another labour dispute, Sakic reflected on the year that never was on the day he took his place among hockeys greats. Authentic Von Miller Jersey . The message was that the Impact are not throwing in the towel on their expansion season in Major League Soccer. Theyre trying to make the club stronger for the second-half push for a playoff spot. SYDNEY, Australia -- Cyclings world body will not regain credibility until officials who presided over the drug-tainted Lance Armstrong era are removed from the sport, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday. WADA president John Fahey told Australias Fox Sports that the UCI, which on Monday stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, has to "take the blinkers off" and examine its own past. "Looking back, clearly the doping was widespread," he said. "If that doping was widespread then the question is legitimately put: who was stopping it? Who was working against it? Why wasnt it stopped. I think it is relevant to ask those questions." Fahey said he looks forward to seeing what the UCI proposes to do to ensure the Armstrong "debacle" doesnt happen again. "Its not a question of simply saying well rule off the line and go on," he said. The UCI "clearly have to take the blinkers off, look at the past, examine the people who are there, ask themselves the questions are those same people still in the sport and can they proceed forward with those people remaining? "I dont think theres any credibility if they dont do that and I think they need to get confidence back into the sport so that its millions of supporters around the world will watch and support the sport going forward. Right now if you were a cycling fan youd say to yourself Why bother?" Fahey said "everyone" doped during the Armstrong era and the UCI had to address how such widespread doping went undetected. "The evidence that was given (to the United States Anti-Doping Agency) by those riders who are teammates of Lance Armstrong, one after the other they said the same thing -- that you could not compete unless you were doping. Von Miller Jersey. " Mike Turtur, the UCI Oceania delegate and director of the Tour Down Under, told Australian Associated Press there was no point in digging up the past. "Its an opportunity now for the sport to really start with a clean slate and then draw a line in the sand and say from this point on were going to do all these things that will be in place to try to detect cheats in the sport and make it a better environment for everyone," he said. Ray Godkin, an Australian former UCI vice-president who still holds the position in an honorary capacity, said in Fairfax newspapers Wednesday that, based on the strength of suspicion he had about Armstrong in the years of the Americans dominance in the Tour from 1999 to 2005, greater efforts could have been made by the UCI, USADA, US Cycling, and WADA. Godkin quit as UCI vice-president in late 2008 after 22 years in the position. He said cyclings doping controls had been far better in recent years, especially with the introduction of the biological blood passport system in his last year of office. But when asked if he felt there was still a point where Armstrongs doping program on the US Postal Service team could have been stopped earlier than it was, Godkin said: "US Cycling, they could have been more vigorous because they had been talking about it for a long time -- USADA, but also WADA. They are all involved, including the UCI, if you like. "We are all clever in hindsight," he added. "When you sit down today and think of more things we could have done, and we would have nabbed him . but . we didnt." ' ' '

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