From Lake Placid, USA
Feb. 7, 2020 – Lonnie Bissonnette won his second IBSF Parabobsled race of the season, taking gold in Lake Placid.
The Canadian pilot broke his one day old track record on his way to gold in the one heat race, beating the previous day’s winner Dave Nicholls by .76.
The win for Bissonnette was both his second on the season and his second in Lake Placid. The three-time Parabobsled World Cup champion has never finished off the podium in the two-time Olympic town.
Nicholls finished second for his second straight podium, just ahead of a logjam from third on back.
Spain’s Israel Blanco finished third, a tenth ahead of Sweden’s Sebastian Westi-Vippola, and .13 ahead of Corie Mapp in seventh. Fabrizio Caselli and Arturs Klots both wedged their way in between the two sliders.
Guillermo Castillo was the top finishing American, tied for eighth with Germany’s Nikolai Johann. Sarah Kim-Frazier finished a career-best 11th, while teammates Frederick Evans and Steven Jacobo finished 16th and 18th, respectively.
Lee Thibeault finished 15th as the second Canadian in the field.
Bissonnette’s win brings him within 32 points of Mapp with two races in Park City to go. Arturs Klots sits a distant third.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Time |
| 1 | Lonnie Bissonnette | CAN | 1 | 59.65 |
| 2 | Dave Nicholls | ISR | 13 | 1:00.41 |
| 3 | Israel Blanco | ESP | 5 | 1:00.45 |
| 4 | Sebastian Westin-Vippola | SWE | 10 | 1:00.55 |
| 5 | Fabrizio Caselli | ITA | 7 | 1:00.56 |
| 6 | Arturs Klots | LAT | 9 | 1:00.57 |
| 7 | Corie Mapp | GBR | 8 | 1:00.58 |
| 8 | Nikolai Johann | GER | 18 | 1:00.72 |
| 8 | Guillermo Castillo | USA | 2 | 1:00.72 |
| 10 | Flavio Menardi | ITA | 4 | 1:00.80 |
| 11 | Sarah Frazier-Kim | USA | 12 | 1:00.87 |
| 12 | Alvils Brants | LAT | 20 | 1:00.94 |
| 13 | Christopher Stewart | SUI | 6 | 1:01.20 |
| 14 | Mykola Levkun | UKR | 16 | 1:01.26 |
| 15 | Lee Thibeault | CAN | 14 | 1:01.34 |
| 16 | Frederick Evans | USA | 15 | 1:01.55 |
| 17 | Michael Stevens | RSA | 17 | 1:01.58 |
| 18 | Steven Jacobo | USA | 11 | 1:02.61 |
| 19 | Ziva Lavrinc | SLO | 19 | 1:03.52 |
| DNS | Guro Fronsdal | NOR | 3 | DNS |