From Königssee, GER
It wouldn’t be a World Championships on German ice without a German destroying a track record. The team of Wendl & Arlt dominated on the Königssee track, breaking the track record by over .4 in their first run to take World Championship gold. Their second run was faster than the record coming into the race, and was faster than any other time put down by any other team, and the Germans took gold easily.
It was a German one-two, with the team of Eggert and Benecken taking silver. The two German medaling teams were the only teams under 50 seconds, and while the gold medal was never in question, there was no question about silver, either.
The Italian team of OBerstolz and Gruber came into the second heat in sixth place, but a flawless second run (the 3rd fastest of the heat) combined with trouble for lots of the teams around them moved the Italians into the bronze medal position.
The German team of Geüke and Gamm finished fourth, ahead of Latvians Sics & Sics, and Russians Bogdanov & Medvedev, who rounded out the top six.
Americans Mortensen & Terdiman had what they would consider a disappointing first run, but put together a nice second run to move up from tenth to ninth. Teammates Krewson and Sherk crashed on their first run and suffered a DNF.
The Canadian team of Walker and Snith came into the final heat in third, but trouble halfway down their run sank them, moving them to an eighth place finish.
Results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Math |
1 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 2 | 49.311 | 49.664 | 1:38.975 | 98.975 |
2 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 7 | 49.808 | 49.778 | 1:39.586 | 99.586 |
3 | Oberstolz / Gruber | ITA | 9 | 50.357 | 50.371 | 1:40.728 | 100.728 |
4 | Geüke / Gamm | GER | 3 | 50.270 | 50.502 | 1:40.772 | 100.772 |
5 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 6 | 50.314 | 50.464 | 1:40.778 | 100.778 |
6 | Bogdanov / Medvedev | RUS | 4 | 50.470 | 50.412 | 1:40.882 | 100.882 |
7 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 1 | 50.530 | 50.524 | 1:41.054 | 101.054 |
8 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 8 | 50.265 | 50.890 | 1:41.155 | 101.155 |
9 | Mortensen / Terdiman | USA | 5 | 50.622 | 50.558 | 1:41.180 | 101.180 |
10 | Gudramovics / Kalnins | LAT | 12 | 50.387 | 51.436 | 1:41.823 | 101.823 |
11 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 18 | 50.915 | 50.968 | 1:41.883 | 101.883 |
12 | Yuzhakov / Prokhorov | RUS | 15 | 51.155 | 51.091 | 1:42.246 | 102.246 |
13 | Gruber / Kainzwalder | ITA | 17 | 51.239 | 51.111 | 1:42.350 | 102.350 |
14 | Broz / Broz | CZE | 16 | 51.389 | 51.420 | 1:42.809 | 102.809 |
15 | Park / Cho | KOR | 21 | 51.683 | 51.472 | 1:43.155 | 103.155 |
16 | Kvicala / Kudera | CZE | 23 | 52.095 | 51.350 | 1:43.445 | 103.445 |
17 | Atodiresei / Musei | ROU | 22 | 51.918 | 52.229 | 1:44.147 | 104.147 |
18 | Popa / Taran | ROU | 25 | 52.249 | 52.249 | ||
19 | Pens / Fischler | AUT | 11 | 52.269 | 52.269 | ||
20 | Rosen / Thompson | GBR | 27 | 52.318 | 52.318 | ||
21 | Poreba / Mikrut | POL | 20 | 52.693 | 52.693 | ||
22 | Simonak / Solcansky | SVK | 24 | 52.836 | 52.836 | ||
23 | Denisyev / Antonov | RUS | 10 | 52.928 | 52.928 | ||
24 | Putins / Matuzels | LAT | 26 | 53.043 | 53.043 | ||
DNF | Steu / Koller | AUT | 13 | DNF | #VALUE! | ||
DNF | Krewson / Sherk | USA | 14 | DNF | #VALUE! | ||
DNF | Obolonchyk / Zakharkiv | UKR | 19 | 52.239 | DNF | #VALUE! |