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Through the [[2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup]] season Kripps found the podium three more times. At the [[IBSF World Championships 2017|2017 World Championships]] he finished in the silver medal position, pushed by [[Jesse Lumsden]].<ref name=COCprofile/> Pushed together by Lumsden and new push partner [[Alexander Kopacz]] he finished the season in the top position in both the two-man and overall standings for the [[2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup]] season, taking the Crystal Globe in both categories.<ref name="cbc 201801">{{cite news|title=Justin Kripps captures 1st overall World Cup title in 2-man bobsleigh|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/bobsleigh/world-cup-bobsleigh-canadian-results-saturday-1.4496721|accessdate=March 19, 2018|publisher=CBC Sports|date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>
At the [[2018 Winter Olympics]], Kripps and brakeman Kopacz tied with the German team of [[Francesco Friedrich]] and [[Thorsten Margis]] for the gold medal, Canada's sixth of the games.<ref name=tiedgold>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219195416/https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html|title=Canada's Kripps, Kopacz tie Germany for 2-man bobsleigh gold|last=|first=|date=February 19, 2018|work=|accessdate=February 19, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref> Leading after three runs, Kripps came around the final corner and finished in
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