Lizzy Yarnold on podium in only second race after comeback

The Olympic champion lost out to Flock – 2016 World Championships silver medallist – after the 27-year-old posted the fastest time in both runs, but Yarnold now leads the overall World Cup standings.

Flock clocked 54.84s, before being the only slider to drop below 55s in the second run, meaning Yarnold finished a total of 0.81s back in the final standings.

The double European champion, and winner of the 2014-15 World Cup title, now has 361 points but sits 41 behind leader Yarnold, who tops the standings after adding to her fourth place in Whistler, Canada, earlier this month.

Germany's Jacqueline Loelling finished second in that race, and fifth in Lake Placid, to sit second overall in the standings, eight points behind the Brit.

Rounding out the podium in Lake Placid was Canada's Mirela Rahneva, who finished 1.15s behind Flock, while Anna Fernstaedt missed out on a spot in the top three by just 0.04s.

Yarnold's compatriot Laura Deas finished equal tenth, in the USA, 1.76s behind Flock after posting the fifth fastest time in the second run, leading her to rue a time of 56.08 in the first run that left her 16th at the half way point.

Deas finished level with defending World Cup champion Tina Hermann, as the German failed to follow up her podium finish from the first round in Canada.

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