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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - After winning two medals at the Sochi Olympics, internal expectations around the U.S. womens bobsled program as they enter a new four-year cycle are loftier than ever.With good reason, apparently.Elana Meyers Taylor and Cherrelle Garrett set both the track and start records in winning the opening womens World Cup bobsled race of the season Saturday, leading an American sweep of the medal spots. Meyers Taylor and Garrett finished two runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 1 minute, 52.68 seconds.Its great to be able to come out here and be able to put down a solid performance, Meyers Taylor said.This was more than solid.This was historic.Meyers Taylors winning margin over the USA-3 sled piloted by Jazmine Fenlator and pushed by Natalie Deratt was 1.12 seconds — massive, especially when considering that the total margin of victory in eight World Cup womens races last winter was 2.02 seconds.It was just the third time American sleds went 1-2-3 in a womens race, after also occurring in 2001 and then last season.Its a great confidence builder, USA Bobsled and Skeleton CEO Darrin Steele said. You try to keep that momentum going from a successful Olympics. Theyre getting better and better and theyre comfortable here. Its just a great way to start the season.Meyers Taylor missed the overall World Cup title last season by one point, then was second in the Olympics by one-tenth of a second, losing both to Canadas Kaillie Humphries. But she was dominant Saturday, breaking Humphries track record by 0.35 seconds in the first run, then topping the start record held by Jamie Gruebel Poser and Aja Evans of the U.S. by 0.01 seconds in the second heat.Weve been sliding really fast all week, Meyers Taylor said. It was a super-fast track. I knew wed be fast. I just didnt know how fast.Fenlator and Deratt were second in 1:53.80 and Gruebel Poser and Lauren Gibbs completed the U.S. sweep by finishing third in 1:54.04. All three U.S. push athletes were making their World Cup debuts, with last seasons Olympians Lauryn Williams (competing a limited schedule), Evans (planning to return next season) and Lolo Jones (focusing on track) all not in Lake Placid for various reasons.Theyre doing a really great job, said Gruebel Poser, the bronze medallist at the Sochi Games. Theyve all stepped up. They have really big shoes to fill, but this is a huge step in the right direction for our program.Anje Schneiderheinze and Lisette Thoene were fourth for Germany. Humphries, from Calgary, and Melissa Lotholz, from Barrhead, Alta., were fifth for Canada.In four-man later Saturday, 0.04 seconds separated the top three sleds — and the Americans failed to medal in a four-man race at Lake Placid for the first time since 2006.Germanys Maximilian Arndt and his team of Kevin Korona, Joshua Bluhm and Ben Heber rallied in the final turn to nip Russias Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Mokrousov, Ilvir Huzin and Aleksei Pushkarev by 0.01 seconds. Arndts sled finished in 1:49.31, Kasajanov in 1:49.32 and the Latvian sled of Oskars Melbardis, Daumants Dreiskens, Arvis Vilkaste and Janis Strenga was third in 1:49.35.Canada settled for fourth. Justin Kripps of Calgary, Timothy Randall of Burlington, Ont., Bryan Barnett and Ben Coakwell, both from Calgary, had a time of 1:49.58. 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Once news of the tentative agreement broke, many CFL veterans voiced their displeasure on social media. "You hire a bunch of clowns and you are probably going to get a circus," tweeted Calgary Stampeders defensive back Jeff Hecht. "How it works in the 21st century: Unions are dead," Calgary running back Jon Cornish, the CFLs outstanding player last year, said on his official Twitter account. Dyakowski, an offensive lineman with the Ticats, says some of his teammates are definitely unhappy but hed expect most to vote in favour of acceptance. However, he admits other team reps will face a tougher task doing so. "Certainly we had some difficulty here with guys not embracing it, to put it mildly," Dyakowski said. "I think in higher revenue markets its going to be that much harder because they see theres money to be spent. "I could see the boys on the prairies being up in arms about this so their reps have their jobs cut out for them in explaining the benefits of this deal." The union was expected to launch a work stoppage Sunday, threatening the exhibition game Monday night between the Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. That contest will now go ahead. If the agreement is ratified, the regular season will start on time June 26. A date has not been announced for a ratification vote. The expectation is enough players will vote in favour, but one CFL star requesting anonymity isnt so sure. "I wouldnt be shocked if the guys vote against it," he said. Dyakowski, who won the CBC show "Canadas Smartest Person" in 2012, believes the deal is the best the union could secure without going on strike. "Is it what we started out going for? No," he said. "But there is always give and take in negotiations. "Ultimately, what we feel we have is the best deal we can achieve without doing significant damage on both sides. No one wants a work stoppage." However, the anonymous player felt the threat of a strike was the unions prime bargaining chip. "We had to miss pre-season games and give the owners a feeling of empty stadiums, refunding tickets, not selling merchandise, food," he said. "When the regular season approaches, at least they have a taste of it. "For us, our training camp pay doessnt change whether we play one, two or no pre-season games.dddddddddddd" Dyakowski doesnt see it that way. "The prospect of going on strike, it would be a fun adventure for the first couple of days," he said. "But at the end of the day it could just as likely be a two, four or five-month ordeal than just a couple of days of trying to send a wake-up call." The CFL got the players to agree to a $5-million salary cap with nominal $50,000 annual increases. The union initially requested a $6.24-million cap and dropped to $5.2 million before accepting the leagues offer. The CFL also got a major concession from the union on the gross revenue formula that would trigger the renegotiation of the cap or entire collective agreement. The players, who initially wanted the CBA to include revenue sharing, had called for the cap or entire agreement to be renegotiated if league revenues increased by more than $18 million -- excluding the Grey Cup -- in the third year of the deal. The CFL wanted that figure to be $27 million, which the union ultimately agreed to. "We have a lot of guys very upset about losing the revenue-sharing issue," Dyakowski said. "That was near and dear to a lot of guys hearts. "We have five years to work towards it so theres a lot of time for planning and preparation. But I think we have a workable deal, a viable deal, a deal thats good for the teams, a deal thats good for the players and puts money into everyones pockets." Another key bargaining issue for the CFLPA was having independent neurologists on the field for each game. But that wasnt included in the deal. Dyakowski did point to the minimum salary increasing $5,000 to $50,000. 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