Bobsleigh pilot Walker has been focused on the monobob World Cup events in the early season, allowing the pair to prepared for up for the upcoming two-woman World Cups in the best possible way on the Europe Cup circuit, taking a second-place finish on day one and the one place better claiming victory on day two..
On day one Walker and Rdddingius won the opening run, then the third fastest second run and finishing in a two-run time of 1:46.07, just 0.03 seconds behind event winners Charlotte Candrix and Lena Brunnhübner of Germany. Rounding out the podium in third was Maureen Zimmer and Lena Neunecker also German, 0.21 seconds behind first place.
In the second event, Walker and Rdddingius won both runs to take the gold medal in a two-run time of 1:46.79, 0.24 seconds ahead of Linda Weiszewski and Klaudia Adamek of Poland. Germany’s Charlotte Candrix and Lena Brunnhübner were third 0.25 seconds off first place.
Also competing in Innsbruck was Sarah Blizzard who finished 15th in the monobob, and teamed up with brakewoman Hayley Silvester in the two-woman event to finish 16th on day one.
The first World Cup event of 2025 is in Winterberg, Germany, on January 4-5.