2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 1 - Four-Man Bobsled

From Lake Placid, USA

Alexander Zubkov avenged his tough two-man run today at Lake Placid, beating the World Champ on his home ice. Steven Holcomb came into the final run just .15 behind the Russian, but could only muster a third-best heat time and took home silver, while Nick Cunningham set the fast time of the heat to jump to third, giving USA Men’s Bobsled it’s second 2/3 share of the podium in two days.

Cory Butner had a tough four-man day, finishing 20th, while Lyndon Rush led the way for Canada in 6th place. His teammates Chris Spring and Justin Kripps finished 10th and 16th, respectively.

Results:

Pos	Pilot	Nation	Draw	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Alexander Zubkov	RUS	3	54.80	55.35	1:50.15
2	Steven Holcomb	USA	9	54.95	55.39	1:50.34
3	Nick Cunningham	USA	15	55.13	55.34	1:50.47
4	Manuel Machata	GER	1	55.02	55.52	1:50.54
5	Francesco Friedrich	GER	4	55.26	55.64	1:50.90
6	Lyndon Rush	CAN	6	55.41	55.65	1:51.06
7	Johhn James Jackson	GBR	10	55.47	55.65	1:51.12
8	Oskars Melbardis	LAT	2	55.27	55.92	1:51.19
9	Max Arndt	GER	8	55.56	55.71	1:51.27
10	Chris Spring	CAN	20	55.65	55.63	1:51.28
11	Edwin Van Calker	NED	5	55.51	55.80	1:51.31
12	Rico Peter	SUI	16	55.67	55.77	1:51.44
13	Alexander Kasjanov	RUS	7	55.61	55.85	1:51.46
14	Jan Vrba	CZE	14	55.72	55.75	1:51.47
15	Juergen Loacker	AUT	12	55.73	55.90	1:51.63
16	Justin Kripps	CAN	21	55.83	55.89	1:51.72
17	Nikita Zakharov	RUS	13	55.77	55.96	1:51.73
18	Martin Galliker	SUI	19	55.86	55.89	1:51.73
19	Simone Bertazzo	ITA	11	55.75	56.08	1:51.83
20	Cory Butner	USA	17	55.95	56.06	1:52.01
21	Milan Jagnesak	SVK	22	56.43
22	Junjong Won	KOR	18	56.53
23	Loic Costerg	FRA	23	56.91
24	Michael Serise	AUT	24	DSQ