2016/2017 FIL World Cup – Sprint World Cup – Race 2

From Park City, USA

Results from the BMW Sprint World Cup race held in Park City.

Doubles Sprint World Cup

Germany went one-two in the Doubles Sprint World Cup, with Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken taking gold ahead of Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt.

The team of Eggert & Benecken were fourth quickest at the first split, but found speed at the bottom to edge their teammates by .055.

Americans Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished with a bronze medal, exactly .1 off the the gold medal pace.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start Speed Total
1 Eggert / Benecken GER 13 83.4 km/h 32.838
2 Wendl / Arlt GER 15 85.2 km/h 32.893
3 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 11 84.1 km/h 32.938
4 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 7 85.1 km/h 32.957
5 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 12 85.1 km/h 32.984
6 Geueke / Gamm GER 10 85.0 km/h 33.022
7 Sics / Sics LAT 14 83.9 km/h 33.030
8 Steu / Koller AUT 2 83.8 km/h 33.172
9 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 9 85.0 km/h 33.203
10 Krewson / Sherk USA 6 85.0 km/h 33.314
11 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 5 83.6 km/h 33.349
12 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 8 83.0 km/h 33.435
13 Trojer / Knoll AUT 3 83.8 km/h 33.575
14 Broz / Broz CZE 4 84.0 km/h 33.598
15 Chemielewski / Kowalewski POL 1 84.6 km/h 33.960

Women’s Sprint World Cup:

Much like in their World Cup race earlier in the day, Americans Erin Hamlin and Emily Sweeney went one-two in the Sprint World Cup event. Hamlin dominated the race, leading at both splits and at the finish, over .15 ahead of her teammate Sweeney.

Sweeney edged Tatjana Hüfner of Germany for the silver medal by .006, while American Summer Britcher missed a medal by .002, finishing fourth.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start Speed Time
1 Erin Hamlin USA 15 84.1 km/h 32.881
2 Emily Sweeney USA 14 84.6 km/h 33.034
3 Tatjana Hüfner GER 10 84.0 km/h 33.040
4 Summer Britcher USA 11 82.1 km/h 33.042
5 Alex Gough CAN 13 84.7 km/h 33.062
6 Dajana Eitberger GER 8 84.5 km/h 33.075
7 Kimberley McRae CAN 9 84.5 km/h 33.114
8 Natalie Geisenberger GER 12 84.3 km/h 33.151
9 Raycyhel Germaine USA 7 82.5 km/h 33.165
10 Sandra Robatscher ITA 5 84.0 km/h 33.246
11 Birgit Platzer AUT 6 83.8 km/h 33.249
12 Andrea Vötter ITA 4 84.1 km/h 33.288
13 Ekaterina Katnikova RUS 2 81.2 km/h 33.334
14 Julia Taubitz GER 1 82.1 km/h 33.357
15 Ekaterina Baturina RUS 3 84.7 km/h 33.459

Men’s Sprint World Cup:

Dominik Fischnaller edged Roman Repilov for gold in the men’s event in the closest gold medal margin of the weekend.

The Italian had the slowest start speed of the event, but rallied back at the bottom to edge Repilov by .005.

Repilov also found speed at the bottom, coming across both splits in third before moving up to a silver medal, just ahead of Andi Langenhan of Germany.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start Speed Total
1 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 13 109.5 km/h 28.302
2 Roman Repilov RUS 15 116.9 km/h 28.307
3 Andi Langenhan GER 4 116.1 km/h 28.343
4 Felix Loch GER 11 115.6 km/h 28.403
5 Ralf Palik GER 7 114.1 km/h 28.445
6 Tucker West USA 12 111.2 km/h 28.482
7 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 3 114.2 km/h 28.497
8 Taylor Morris USA 5 115.6 km/h 28.502
9 Julian nvon Schleinitz GER 1 115.8 km/h 28.524
10 Chris Mazdzer USA 9 115.4 km/h 28.604
11 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 8 115.1 km/h 28.771
12 David Gleirscher AUT 2 114.3 km/h 29.155
13 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 14 116.5 km/h 29.854
DNF Stepan Fedorov RUS 10 115.1 km/h DNF
DSQ Johannes Ludwig GER 6 DSQ