Austin Wins Fifth Straight 2-man Gold

From Lake Placid, USA

Jan. 6, 2020 – The second heat of Race 6 on the IBSF North American Cup doubled as Race 7.

Canada’s Taylor Austin had the quickest run in both heats of Race 6, giving him the win for Race 7, .29 ahead of the United States’ Geoff Gadbois.

Patrick Norton put down the third quickest run for his first career bronze medal.

Nick Cunningham finished fourth, just .03 out of the medals, while teammate Frank Del Duca finished fifth. Canada’s Jeff McKeen rounded out the top six.

James Brown finished eighth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start Finish
1 Austin / Giguere CAN 2 5.23 55.87
2 Gadbois / Lynch USA 5 5.33 56.16
3 Norton / Thera-Plamondon CAN 3 5.42 56.38
4 Cunningham / Adams USA 6 5.36 56.41
5 Del Duca / Mustard USA 8 5.42 56.61
6 McKeen / St. Louis Pivin CAN 4 5.42 56.78
7 Williams / Prentice NZL 7 5.67 58.50
8 Brown / Winrow GBR 1 5.83 58.67
9 Morgan / Mullins JAM 9 5.32 58.77
DNS Moeller / Niederhofer USA 10 DNS