From Zelezniki, SLO
The losing streak lasted two races, but Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara regained their form and won in Zelezniki.
The Italians, who came into the race having lost two races in a row for the first time in three years, dominated in both heats, finishing over two seconds ahead of the field.
Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev of Russia came into the second run already .85 behind the Italians, but well ahead of Christian & Andreas Schopf of Austria, who were in third. The Austrians were much better in their second run and put pressure on the Russians. Porshnev & Lazarev struggled on their second run, but had enough of a cushion from the first heat to hold on to silver. Schopf & Schopf finished with a bronze.
Results:
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 11 | 60.74 | 61.16 | 2:01.90 |
2 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 10 | 61.59 | 62.36 | 2:03.95 |
3 | Schopf / Schopf | AUT | 8 | 62.19 | 61.81 | 2:04.00 |
4 | Brueggler / Angerer | AUT | 7 | 62.53 | 62.60 | 2:05.13 |
5 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 9 | 62.53 | 62.67 | 2:05.20 |
6 | Regensburber / Hholzknecht | AUT | 6 | 62.56 | 62.65 | 2:05.21 |
7 | Kovshik / Tarasov | RUS | 3 | 63.00 | 63.00 | 2:06.00 |
8 | Folie / Gaio | ITA | 1 | 63.59 | 63.36 | 2:06.95 |
9 | Dragicevic / Dragicevic | SLO | 4 | 64.07 | 64.64 | 2:08.71 |
10 | Ercoskun / Dellalbasi | TUR | 2 | 113.56 | 81.67 | 3:15.23 |