American bobsledder Kris Horn survives harrowing solo World Cup run after teammates miss sled

American bobsledder Kris Horn avoided superior wounded aft racing unsocial down the St. Moritz way successful a four-man sled astatine speeds of astir 75 mph.

The 3 teammates — Ryan Rager, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell — failed to load into the sled aft Horn, the driver, entered first. It is modular signifier for the operator to participate the sled first.

The four-man sled is designed for balanced value distribution, with a brakeman liable for stopping the sled astatine the finish.

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Kristopher Horn and Carsten Vissering of the U.S. successful enactment during the men's 2-Bob World Cup, successful St. Moritz, Switzerland, Jan. 10, 2026. (Mayk Wendt/Keystone via AP)

Rager appeared to stumble first, sparking a domino effect. Powell appeared to beryllium thrown violently toward the way wall, hitting his backmost connected the hard-packed icy aboveground aft helium failed to load onto the sled, and Furnell was incapable to scope his position.

None of the U.S. sliders were earnestly hurt, and each X-rays taken came backmost negative, the squad said.

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"A small sore," Powell told The Associated Press. "I should beryllium good successful a mates days."

Horn careened down the way but inactive reached precocious speeds during a tally that lasted conscionable implicit a minute. He guided the sled crossed the decorativeness line, past moved to the backmost and pulled the brake handles himself.

Kristopher Horn, Carsten Vissering, Martin Christofferson and Hunter Powell of the United States vie successful vigor 3 of the four-man-bobsleigh astatine the 2025 IBSF World Championships astatine Mt. Van Hoevenberg March 15, 2025, successful Lake Placid, N.Y. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Athletes and coaches from respective nationalist teams rushed to the decorativeness enactment to cheque connected Horn arsenic the sled skidded to a stop. Horn, whose bobsled vocation began arsenic a brakeman, waved to adjacent tv cameras to awesome helium was unharmed.

Hunter Church, Joshua Williamson, Kristopher Horn and Charlie Volker of Team United States interruption arsenic they decorativeness their descent during the four-man Bobsleigh vigor 4 connected time 16 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games astatine National Sliding Centre Feb. 20, 2022, successful Yanqing, China. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Horn besides crashed during the two-man World Cup contention Saturday. His brakeman for that event, Carsten Vissering, suffered abrasions and was incapable to vie Sunday successful the four-man. Rager took Vissering’s spot connected the four-man sled.

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There is 1 World Cup contention play near earlier USA Bobsled and Skeleton picks its squad for adjacent month’s Milan Cortina Olympics.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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