Click on the video player above to watch live coverage now of the IBSF World Cup skeleton event in Lake Placid, N.Y., starting with the women's heat 1 race.

Catch the men's race live Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.

Canada's top contender is Jane Channell, who ranks sixth in the women's season standings and reached her first World Cup podium with a third-place finish at Winterberg, Germany in December.

The top Canadian on the men's side is Dave Greszczyszyn, who ranks 13th.