Kaysha Love of the U.S. placed second in a World Cup monobob race for her best finish of the season. Love won a bronze in a two-woman race at Sigulda, Latvia, in December, then dealt with a virus over the holiday break and slumped a bit in her first three outings since that illness.

Laura Nolte of Germany was third ... Martins Bots and Roberts Plume of Latvia were sixth, and that helped the Wendl-Arlt team move 11 points past them in the overall standings.

German world champion Laura Nolte finished third in the second monobob race in St Moritz in Switzerland on Saturday. Nolte, who has been struggling with health issues, was 0.30 seconds behind the victorious US pilot Elana Meyers Taylor.