2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup - Two-Man Bobsled

From Whistler, CAN

Results from the 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup two-man bobsled event, race four of their calendar, held November 24, 2016.

Nick Poloniato took gold in Whistler on the strength of a dominant first run, using a .31 second advantage to hold off Korean Donghyun Kim.. Alexey Stulnev helped Russia score its third medal in two two-man races with his bronze.

Bruce Tasker finished fourth for Great Britain, on the strength of the fastest push in the second heat and fastest combined start time in the race. Maxim Andrianov and Rico Peter finished sixth and seventh, respectively, while Nick Cunningham was the top-finishing American in 11th.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Poloniato / Randall	CAN	4.99	4.98	54.00	53.95	1:47.95
2	Kim / Jun	KOR	4.96	4.92	54.31	53.97	1:48.28
3	Stulnev / Lylov	RUS	5.08	4.99	54.31	54.00	1:48.31
4	Tasker / Blanchet-Dufresne	GBR	4.95	4.91	54.31	54.05	1:48.36
5	Andrianov / Gnezdilov	RUS	5.12	5.04	54.40	53.97	1:48.37
6	Peter / Friedli	SUI	5.04	5.94	54.49	54.13	1:48.62
7	Kasjanov / Brednev	RUS	5.17	5.05	54.50	54.48	1:48.98
8	Suk / Jang	KOR	4.99	5.01	54.59	54.45	1:49.04
9	Won / Oh	KOR	4.89	4.93	54.06	55.04	1:49.10
10	de Bruin / Veenker	NED	5.09	5.03	54.76	54.61	1:49.37
11	Cunningham / Abudul-Saboor	USA	5.13	5.00	54.86	54.61	1:49.47
12	Austin / Sommer	CAN	5.00	5.05	54.71	55.13	1:49.84
13	Gadbois / Schrodt	USA	4.97	5.05	54.74	55.73	1:50.47
14	Bindilatti / da Silva	BRA	5.01	5.12	55.36	55.54	1:50.90
15	Mata / Mari	AUS	5.03	5.12	55.73	55.44	1:51.17
16	Malyk / Elder	CAN	5.52	5.40	55.99	55.61	1:51.60
17	Paes / Silva	BRA	5.02	5.03	55.86	56.88	1:52.74
18	McKeen / Hamilton	CAN	5.29	5.40	56.47	57.43	1:53.90
19	Cawthron / Grassi	ISV	5.69	5.83	58.03	59.25	1:57.28