2014/2015 FIBT World Cup - Two-Man Bobsled

From Altenberg, GER

Beat Hefti gets his first gold medal of the season in Altenberg, Germany. Hefti’s first run was a big one, and he needed it as Oskars Melbardis put down the fastest time in Run 2, closing the otherwise large gap to .08 from gold to silver. Nico Walther, on home ice, takes bronze. Rico Peter continues a great season, just missing out on his first ever World Cup medal, taking fourth, while Francesco Friedrich takes fifth.

The youngest member of the American team was also the quickest. Codie Bascue finished seventh after two very consistent runs. Teammates Steven Holcomb and Nick Cunningham finished 13th and 15th, respectively.

Justin Kripps had a very good second run, putting him in ninth place, topping the effort for Canada. Chris Spring comes back to the track he had a vicious crash a few years back at, and finished 16th after a very solid second run.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Hefti/Baumann	SUI	2	56.04	57.13	1:53.17
3	Melbardis/Drieskens	LAT	9	56.42	56.83	1:53.25
2	Walther/Bluhm	GER	1	56.24	57.17	1:53.41
4	Peter/va der Zijde	SUI	8	56.52	57.02	1:53.54
5	Friedrich/Margis	GER	5	56.62	57.10	1:53.72
6	Kasjanov/Pushkarev	RUS	7	56.72	57.14	1:53.86
7	Bascue/Valdes	USA	3	57.18	57.14	1:54.32
8	Kibermanis/Leiboms	LAT	12	57.32	57.03	1:54.35
9	Kripps/Coakwell	CAN	4	57.33	57.03	1:54.36
10	Andrianov/Antukh	RUS	17	57.31	57.07	1:54.38
11	Bertazzo/Costa	ITA	13	57.24	57.15	1:54.39
12	Klammer/Franke	GER	14	57.14	57.25	1:54.39
13	Holcomb/Victorian	USA	10	57.35	57.22	1:54.57
14	Stulnev/Zaytsev	RUS	15	57.54	57.08	1:54.62
15	Cunningham/Harrison	USA	6	57.42	57.23	1:54.65
16	Spring/Plug	CAN	11	57.62	57.15	1:54.77
17	Costerg/Heinrch	FRA	16	57.46	57.64	1:55.10
18	Vrba/Suchy	CZE	19	57.96	57.43	1:55.39
19	Luty/Tylkowski	POL	23	57.93	57.47	1:55.40
20	Maier/Sammer	AUT	18	58.03	57.61	1:55.64
21	Gschnitzer/Ughi	ITA	21	58.23
22	Grigore/Craciun	ROU	22	58.37
23	Treichl/Esterhammer	AUT	20	58.38
24	Biddulph/Smallin	GBR	24	60.41