Humphries, Moyse 1st heading into bobsleigh final

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | 11:23 PM ET

By Dan Robson, CBC Sports

Kaillie Humphries, front, and brakeman Heather Moyse compete in the first run of women's two-man bobsleigh event at the Vancouver Olympics. (Ricardo Mazalan/Associated Press)

Records were breaking like a broken record in the women's two-man bobsleigh competition at the Vancouver Olympics on Tuesday.

The fastest bobsledders in the world took to the Whistler Sliding Centre intent on getting in position to reach the podium when the final two runs go on Wednesday.

No one, it seemed, was willing to be outdone — the Whistler track record was broken four times.

Heading into the Vancouver Games, Calgary's Kaillie Humphries was ranked No.2 on the World Cup circuit, with brakeman Heather Moyse.

Driving Canada 1, the duo set a track record of 53.19 seconds on their first run of the night.

Humphries and Moyse sat in first position into the second run.

But Canada's other bobsleigh duo, Helen Upperton and brakeman Shelley-Ann Brown, didn't come to Whistler to play second fiddle to their teammates.

Calgary's Upperton piloted Canada 2 to another track record of 53.13 on their second run, sitting temporarily in first with a cumulative time of 1:46.62.

Their reign, however, was short-lived as Americans Erin Pac and Elana Meyers broke that record a few moments later, with a time of 53.05. Their cumulative time of 1:46.33 then took over the top position.

That left the track to Humphries and Moyse, and they did not disappoint. Speeding down the Whistler track, they again set a track record of 53.01.

Top 8 spots bunched in

Heading into Wednesday's final, Humphries and P.E.I.'s Moyse now sit first, with a time of 1:46.20.

But less than one second separates the top eight spots.

Upperton and Brown are in fourth position, just 2/100ths of a second off third-place Germany 2, piloted by Cathleen Martini. Americans Pac and Meyers sit in second.

Upperton narrowly missed a bronze medal at the Turin Games, with Moyse as her brakeman.

Germany's Sandra Kiriasis, ranked No.1 in the world and the reigning Olympic champion, sits just behind the Canadians in fifth place, also by 2/100ths of a second.

The final two runs promise to be a battle between the Germans, Americans and Canadians.

Of the top eight sleds heading into Wednesday's final runs, three are German, three are American and the other two belong to Canada.