Bissonnette Wins Parabobsled Opener

From Lillehammer, NOR

Dec. 7, 2019 – Lonnie Bissonnette came back from third to win the season’s first parabobsled race of the season, edging Great Britain’s Corie Mapp in the process.

Sebastian Westin-Vippola carried a .01 second lead over Mapp and a .02 lead over Bissonnette. On the second run, Bissonnette put down a run significantly faster than anyone before him and eventually after him.

Mapp held on for second place, .14 ahead of Westin-Vippola, who finished third.

Fabrizio Caselli sat tied for third with Bissonnette after the first heat but couldn’t match the Canadian’s pace on the second run and finished fourth,while Guro Konstantin Fronsdal and Jones Frei tied for fifth.

Guillermo Castillo was the top finishing American in ninth place. Evans Frederick finished 13th, Tammy Landeen 16th, Steven Jacobo 17th, and Frazier-Kim Sarah 19th to round out the United States’ effort.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Lonnie Bissonnette CAN 12 57.53 57.89 1:55.42
2 Corie Mapp GBR 11 57.52 58.05 1:55.57
3 Sebastian Westin-Vippola SWE 1 57.51 58.20 1:55.71
4 Fabrizio Caselli ITA 3 57.53 58.34 1:55.87
5 Guro Konstantin Fronsdal NOR 14 57.70 58.25 1:55.95
5 Jonas Frei SUI 13 57.86 58.09 1:55.95
7 Christopher Stewart SUI 2 57.77 58.35 1:56.12
8 Arturs Klots LAT 10 58.08 58.10 1:56.18
9 Guillermo Castillo USA 20 58.20 58.24 1:56.44
10 Israel Blanco ESP 5 58.19 58.34 1:56.53
11 Flavio Menardi ITA 17 58.13 58.41 1:56.54
12 Pier Alberto Buccoliero ITA 6 57.98 58.59 1:56.57
13 Evans Frederick USA 16 58.20 58.45 1:56.65
14 Nikolai Johann GER 8 58.39 58.68 1:57.07
15 Mykola Levkun UKR 19 58.58 58.62 1:57.20
16 Tammy Landeen USA 21 58.85 58.56 1:57.41
17 Steven Jacobo USA 7 58.73 58.92 1:57.65
18 Michael Stevens RSA 22 58.64 59.03 1:57.67
19 Frazier-Kim Sarah USA 18 59.00 58.79 1:57.79
20 Lee Thibeault CAN 9 58.85 59.03 1:57.88
21 Ziva Lavrinc SLO 4 59.01 59.19 1:58.20
22 Geoffrey Ollis AUS 15 59.16 59.15 1:58.31