2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 3

From Königssee, GER

In the last race of the first part of the IBSF Season, Nico Walther won on home ice ahead of teammate Maxmilian Arndt. Rico Peter had a bumpy but quick run in his Swiss sled to take home bronze.

Francesco Friedrich finished fourth, moving up one spot from his fifth place first run, while Alexander Kasjanov and Oskars Melbardis took fifth and sixth, respectively.

Steven Holcomb set the pace for the United States in 12th place. The Olympic medalist will look forward to the Christmas break to heal from a thigh injury that has nagged him since the start of the season. Teammate Nick Cunningham finished two spots behind Holcomb in 14th. Both pilots will race their next two races on home ice in Lake Placid and Park City.

Great Britain’s John Jackson made a splash in his return to World Cup racing with a very solid eighth place finish. Teammate Lamin Deen finished 16th after a rough second run dropped him back from 13th in Run 1.

Justin Kripps finished tenth in the lone Canadian sled. He’ll come back to North America looking forward to one Canadian race in Whistler. Jan Vrba moved up three spots in the Czech’s second run to finish 11th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Walther / Hübenbecker / Bermbach / Franke GER 8 48.83 48.74 1:37.57
2 Arndt / Korona / Kuske / Putze GER 10 48.89 48.86 1:37.75
3 Peter / Amrhein / van der Zijde / Friedli SUI 9 48.95 49.00 1:37.95
4 Friedrich / Bäcker / Rödiger / Margis GER 6 49.04 48.97 1:38.01
5 Kasjanov / Pushkarev / Huzin / Koshelev RUS 3 49.00 49.12 1:38.12
6 Melbardis / Miknis / Vilkaste / Strenga LAT 5 49.20 49.03 1:38.23
7 Stulnev / Mokrousov / Utkin / Kondratenko RUS 1 49.12 49.20 1:38.32
8 Jackson / Hall / Tasker / Simons GBR 18 49.20 49.24 1:38.44
9 Maier / Laussegger / Sammer / Moldovan AUT 13 49.19 49.35 1:38.54
10 Kripps / Randall / Kirkpatrick / Coackwell CAN 11 49.29 49.38 1:38.67
11 Vrba / Suchy / Dvorak / Stoklaska CZE 17 49.47 49.26 1:38.73
12 Holcomb / Del Duca / Valdes / McGuffie USA 20 49.36 49.39 1:38.75
13 Zakharov / Gnezdilov / Antukh / Sadeev RUS 12 49.34 49.58 1:38.92
14 Cunningham / Wickline / Reed / Michener USA 14 49.49 49.47 1:38.96
15 Bertazzo / Fontana / Ughi / Costa ITA 7 49.50 49.47 1:38.97
16 Deen / Bains / Fearon / Matthews GBR 2 49.43 49.61 1:39.04
17 Zalims / Jansons / Kalnins / Dambis LAT 16 49.61 49.45 1:39.06
18 Costerg / Castell / Pujar / Boutherin FRA 15 49.60 49.56 1:39.16
19 Kibermanis / Lusis / Zirups / Leiboms LAT 4 49.61 49.62 1:39.23
20 Won / Kim / Jun / Seo KOR 19 49.65 49.59 1:39.24
21 Heibl / Heibl / Bjugn / Winger NOR 23 49.77
22 Radenovic / Djuric / Krajisnik / Bundalo SRB 24 49.93
23 Grigore / Craciun / Salajan / Cojan ROU 21 50.03
24 Kolb / Treichl / Esterhammer / Somov AUT 22 50.08