2014/2015 FIBT World Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 4

From Königssee, GER

Beat Hefti had the fastest start of the weekend in two-man bobsled. That plus some entirely quick runs put the Swiss pilot atop the Königssee podium.  Hefti had seemingly no competition, as he dominated both heats. Nico Walther was the top German, finishing in the silver medal position, just ahead of Canadian Justin Kripps.  Kripps, the winner of last year’s event, came into the second run in fifth but was quick enough for a bronze medal.

Albrecht Klammer took fourth, while Latvian Oskars Melbardis moved up from tenth to fifth place.

Steven Holcomb led the American effort with an tenth place run. Holcomb’s second run was almost .9 faster than his first to move him up from 14th. teammates Nick Cunningham and Codie Bascue finished 13th and 15th respectively.

Chris Spring had a tough second run, putting the Canadian in 12th place. Lamin Deen finished 18th to lead the way for Great Britain, while Olly Biddulph finished 25th in his first World Cup start on the Königssee, track.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Hefti/Baumann SUI 8 50.75 50.41 1:41.16
2 Walther/Hübenbecker GER 7 50.99 50.69 1:41.68
3 Kripps/Barnett CAN 4 51.36 50.83 1:42.19
4 Klammer/Franke GER 14 51.33 50.96 1:42.29
5 Melbardis/Dreiskens LAT 1 51.77 50.53 1:42.30
6 Stulnev/Antukh RUS 16 51.31 51.12 1:42.43
7 Friedrich/Grothkopp GER 2 51.75 50.94 1:42.69
8 Won/Seo KOR 10 51.54 51.32 1:42.86
9 Peter/Amrhein SUI 6 51.76 51.20 1:42.96
10 Holcomb/Olsen USA 9 51.94 51.08 1:43.02
11 Kibermanis/Leiboms LAT 12 52.05 50.99 1:43.04
12 Spring/Kopacz CAn 13 51.68 51.48 1:43.16
13 Cunningham/Michener USA 5 51.89 51.40 1:43.29
14 Kasjanov/Pushkarev RUS 3 52.09 51.24 1:43.33
15 Bascue/Victorian USA 11 51.92 51.85 1:43.77
16 Gschnitzer/Variola ITA 20 51.88 51.90 1:43.78
17 Wesselink/Brink NED 19 51.98 52.00 1:43.98
18 Deen/Olubi GBR 17 52.22 51.81 1:44.03
19 Grigore/Craciun ROU 21 51.94 52.27 1:44.21
20 Sammer/Laussegger AUT 22 52.05 52.52 1:44.57
21 Maier/Somov AUT 18 52.32
22 Andrianov/Zaytsev RUS 15 52.46
23 Silic/Mezulic CRO 25 52.82
24 Baumgartner/Rosa ITA 24 52.95
25 Biddulph/Smallin GBR 23 53.55