From St. Moritz, Switzerland
Francesco Friedrich is the junior world champion, and is looking to double-up as world champion this weekend. So far, so good, and Friedrich is up by .2 over home-track slider Beat Hefti. Both sliders had identical pushes, but Friedrich out-drove Hefti down the 1722 meter track, leaving Hefti in second, just ahead of a tie for third between Steven Holcomb and Alexander Zubkov. Canadian slider Chris Spring is fifth.
A big run for American Cory Butner leaves him eighth after Heat 1 of four, while teammate Nick Cunningham sits 14th after just a couple small mistakes. Canada also has two sleds in the top 10, with Lyndon Rush sitting 10th, while Justin Kripps is just outside in 12th. It’s been a tough start for Great Britain, with John Jackson 22nd and Lamin Deen 26th.
Results after Heat 1
| Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 |
| 1 | Friedrich/Baecker | GER | 38 | 55.59 |
| 2 | Hefti/Lamparter | SUI | 33 | 65.79 |
| 3 | Zubkov/Trunenkov | RUS | 32 | 66.06 |
| 3 | Holcomb/Langton | USA | 34 | 66.06 |
| 5 | Spring/Brown | CAN | 29 | 66.13 |
| 6 | Melbardis/Dreiskens | LAT | 36 | 66.15 |
| 7 | Florschuetz/Kuske | GER | 35 | 66.17 |
| 8 | Butner/Fogt | USA | 30 | 66.22 |
| 9 | Arndt/Huebenbecker | GER | 12 | 66.23 |
| 10 | Rush/Lumsden | CAN | 37 | 66.33 |
| 11 | Kasjanov/Belugin | RUS | 26 | 66.36 |
| 12 | Kripps/Wright | CAN | 28 | 66.37 |
| 13 | Peter/Friedli | SUI | 23 | 66.41 |
| 14 | Cunningham/Robinson | USA | 27 | 66.44 |
| 15 | Van Calker/Jansma | NED | 18 | 66.52 |
| 16 | Bertazzo/Costa | ITA | 31 | 66.55 |
| 17 | Costerg/Heinrich | FRA | 21 | 66.70 |
| 18 | Stulnev/Voevoda | RUS | 24 | 66.74 |
| 19 | Vrba/Stoklaska | CZE | 22 | 66.75 |
| 20 | Kibermanis/Zirups | LAT | 17 | 66.88 |
| 21 | Servelle/Lefort | MON | 15 | 66.91 |
| 22 | Jackson/Pickering | GBR | 25 | 67.08 |
| 23 | Grigore/Craciun | ROU | 11 | 67.13 |
| 24 | Kupczyk/Niewiara | POL | 20 | 67.26 |
| 25 | Serise/Vandoorne | BEL | 8 | 67.40 |
| 26 | Deen/Simons | GBR | 14 | 67.58 |
| 27 | Luty/Kasperowicz | POL | 7 | 67.69 |
| 28 | Spence/Mata | AUS | 16 | 67.73 |
| 29 | Radjenovic/Zlatnar | SRB | 4 | 67.76 |
| 30 | Klingler/Meyerhans | LIE | 19 | 67.88 |
| 31 | Jagnesak/Simik | SVK | 13 | 67.92 |
| 32 | Maier/Heufler | AUT | 5 | 68.04 |
| 33 | Kim/Jun | KOR | 9 | 68.22 |
| 34 | Won/Suk | KOR | 10 | 68.36 |
| 35 | Fonseca/Romero | PAN | 6 | 68.47 |
| 36 | Schumakov/Tkachuk | UKR | 3 | 68.86 |
| 37 | Menardi/Biglieri | ARG | 2 | 69.05 |
| 38 | Sola/Silic | CRO | 1 | 71.05 |
