WHISTLER, B.C. -- Canadas Lyndon Rush is ending the bobsled World Cup season on a tear. A day after winning the gold medal in the two-man event, Rush and his crew took bronze in the four-man event Saturday at a World Cup event at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Rush, of Humbolt Sask., teamed with Jesse Lumsden (Burlington, Ont.), Cody Sorensen (Ottawa), and Neville Wright (Edmonton), clocked a two-run time of one minute 42.62 seconds. "We were in the mix and we havent been in the mix all year so I like where things are headed," Rush said. "It was a good weekend overall." Russias Alexsandr Zubkov earned the gold medal with a time of 1:42.46 while teammate Alexander Kasjanov and his four-man crew clocked in at 1:42.60 for a second-place finish. Zubkov leads the standings by 75 points ahead of Germanys Maximillian Arndt. Defending champion Manuel Machata of Germany is third and Rush stands 10th. "We had a rough start clicking in the four-man this year, but made big strides in St. Moritz and stepped it up here," said Lumsden, who helped the crew post the fastest push in the second heat at 4.74 second. "In terms of a team level this is huge for us. To have the fastest push of the day is also huge because on paper we have some great athletes and there is no reason we shouldnt be like that every week." Canadas bobsled and skeleton athletes won five World Cup medals over the weekend. Melissa Hollingsworth won gold in the womens skeleton, and in womens bobsled Kaillie Humphries and Emily Baadsvik won gold while teammates Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown took bronze. Canadas rookie driver Justin Kripps of Kelowna, B.C., made his four-man World Cup debut with crew Timothy Randall (Toronto), James McNaughton (Newmarket, Ont.) and Derek Plug (Calgary) in 18th spot in 1:33.33. "I wanted to do better than I did but the learning curve has been really steep for me. I only started driving last year and Whistler is a tough track but I thought we did okay under the circumstances," Kripps said. " Its coming and it is there for the future, we just need a bit more practice." Kripps debut is the result of tragedy for friend and teammate Chris Spring, who was involved in a season-finishing crash on Jan. 5 at Altenberg, Germany. Crewmember Randall was the only athlete from that four-man crew able to continue the season. The Canadian team will now head to Calgary for the final World Cup event of the season next weekend. Canadas success at Whistler was partially attributed to the track itself. Tracy Seitz, venue manager says the track has given Canadian athletes an edge on the world stage. "I think we have one of the best facilities in the world for developing athletes. When you get this track under control, every other track in the world seems to slow down," Seitz said. "Its a huge advantage for our Canadian teams." Earlier in the week former athlete and Canadian bobsled development coach Pierre Lueders said the track is the reason for expediting athlete development in Canada. It is a sentiment that younger members of the national team such as Kripps agrees with. "In my opinion we are lucky to have this track in Canada. In the summer we can come out here and get some real intense training on a technical fast track," Kripps said. "Everything is slower in your mind after being in a place like this." Cheap Utah Jazz Jerseys . Sale pitched seven sharp innings and Paul Konerko and Alex Rios backed him with home runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Cheap Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys . 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The move came one day after the Hurricanes learned that defenceman Joni Pitkanen will be out for the season with a broken heel.LAKE LOUISE, Alta. -- Manuel Osborne-Paradis talks of learning more about himself and of taking care of his body to extend his career in ski racing. All very adult, but he hasnt completely outgrown the man who celebrated the Calgary Stampede two years ago by climbing on the back of a party bus and falling off. He sustained road rash on his bottom severe enough to put him in the hospital. Winning downhill races requires recklessness, so Osborne-Paradis isnt willing to let the foolhardy part of himself disappear completely. "You cant kill that," he says. "You can scrape a bit of him off, but you cant kill him." His Canadian teammate Jan Hudec doesnt want to see it disappear either because that devil-may-care ingredient is necessary when attempting speeds that are literally breakneck. "We all hope he has pre-road rash Manny left in him," Hudec said. "Besides the personality and the energy it brings to the team, I think its part of his winning attitude. "Im a little bit the same way. I live my life pretty loosey-goosey by the seat of my pants. I dont plan ahead, but it works for me for skiing. Thats how I race as well. I live in the moment. Manny is fairly similar that way." Erik Guay, Hudec and Osborne-Paradis are the Canadian downhill teams decorated elder statesmen at the season-opening World Cup in Lake Louise, Alta. John Kucera would also be included in that group if the Calgarian wasnt sidelined with an inner ear condition. The downhill is Saturday followed by Sundays super-G. Training was cancelled Thursday because of a power problem affecting the lift to the start hut. Repairs didnt leave enough time to get 91 racers from the top to the bottom, although the competitors were able to free ski the lower sections of the course. Guay had the fastest time in training Wednesday, with Osborne-Paradis and Hudec also in the top 10. Guay and Hudec, both 32, and Osborne-Paradis, 29, have stood on World Cup podiums multiple times during their careers. Theyve morphed from guys who just wanted to ski fast to men running their individual ski empires of businesses, sponsorships and charities. "Business, families, girlfriends, fiancees, wives, we didnt even know what those words were and how to use them five years ago," Osborne-Paradis says. "You know, young and dumb. Its a different time of your life. Theres guys who are 36 in the race and theres guys who are 20 and you can totally tell the difference." How to square their adult responsibilities with a certain disregard for their own safety on the mountain is a balancing act, says Hudec. "I think the older you get, the more cherished it becomes and you put it in your backpack in a safety deposit box and you carefully bring it to the hotel and youre like dont lose this. Its my recklessness. If I lose this, Im screwed," Hudec explains. 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The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, are just weeks away and this could be the Olympic swan song for some of Canadas veteran downhillers. Osborne-Paradis says he has never worked so hard to prepare for a season of racing. "Ive taken the initiatives and worked better with my sports psych, better with my biofeedback, better with stretching and mobility," he says. "The stuff that, as you get older, makes more a difference than going out and grunting. "As you get older, you need to learn how to stay in the game and stay active in this sport. You take your knowledge and your history of running all the courses and use that to your advantage and build up a better mental capacity of what needs to be done at each event. To get to know yourself a little bit more makes you a better athlete." Similar to NHL goaltenders who donate money to a charity for each shootout they earn, Osborne-Paradis has come up with a strategy for Right To Play, the international organization that empowers children facing adversity through sport. Osborne-Paradis wears Right To Plays logo on his helmet instead of a corporate brand. Through his business contacts, hes raised an initial $25,000 for the organization. More will be donated for top-10 or podium performances he achieves this season. A win, for example, is worth another $15,000 contribution. If Osborne-Paradis attracts a headgear sponsor this season, he intends to wear Right To Plays logo on his suit. He would exponentially increase the bonus money to the organization, so a win would be worth $30,000. "Obviously theres the personal drive of achieving your goals, but when youre skiing for a cause bigger than yourself, the better you ski and the faster you ski and the more other people will benefit from that," he says. 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