2013 FIBT World Championships - Four-Man Bobsled

From St. Moritz, Switzerland

Track conditions played a huge role in the third heat of four-man bobsled from St. Moritz. Aside from leader Max Arndt, who set the fast time of the heat, the bulk of medal contenders found themselves with mid-ranked down-times. Leader after day 1, Alexander Zubkov, falls back to second, .36 out of the lead.

Possibly the best example of how much quicker the track got after the first five or so sleds is Rico Peter, who moves from tenth after heat 2 to third after heat 3. Peter will go into the final heat just .01 ahead of a tie for fourth between teammate Beat Hefti and British pilot John Jackson. American Steven Holcomb is sixth, just .05 behind the tie for fourth.

Nick Cunningham makes it two American sleds to make the final heat, going into the fourth heat in 19th, while rookie teammate Codie Bascue finishes 30th. It was a tough set of runs for the Canadians, with Lyndon Rush leading the way in 16th. Chris Spring makes the final heat in 18th, while Justin Kripps missed the top 20th by just over two tenths in 21st. Lamin Deen will join Kripps on the sidelines in 23rd.

Results after Heat 3:

Pos	Pilot	Nation	Draw	Runs 1&2	Run 3	Total
1	Maximilian Arndt	GER	34	2:10.89	65.09	3:15.98
2	Alexander Zubkov	RUS	32	2:10.84	65.50	3:16.34
3	Rico Peter	SUI	19	2:11.34	65.21	3:16.55
4	John Jackson	GBR	29	2:11.30	65.26	3:16.56
4	Beat Hefti	SUI	26	2:11.15	65.41	3:16.56
6	Steven Holcomb	USA	28	2:11.14	65.47	3:16.61
7	Thomas Florschuetz	GER	30	2:11.29	65.34	3:16.63
8	Manuel Machata	GER	33	2:11.28	65.41	3:16.69
9	Dmitry Abramovitch	RUS	24	2:11.51	65.23	3:16.74
10	Francesco Friedrich	GER	13	2:11.25	65.51	3:16.76
11	Oskars Melbardis	LAT	31	2:11.50	65.29	3:16.79
12	Alexander Kasjanov	RUS	25	2:11.32	65.54	3:16.86
13	Jan Vrba	CZE	23	2:11.68	65.19	3:16.87
14	Edwin Van Calker	NED	9	2:11.94	65.14	3:17.08
15	Oskars Kibermanis	LAT	17	2:11.80	65.40	3:17.20
16	Lyndon Rush	CAN	27	2:11.87	65.44	3:17.31
17	Simone Bertazzo	ITA	18	2:11.95	65.42	3:17.37
18	Chris Spring	CAN	16	2:11.99	65.46	3:17.45
19	Nick Cunningham	USA	22	2:12.28	65.42	3:17.70
20	Dawid Kupczyk	POL	12	2:12.32	65.73	3:18.05
21	Justin Kripps	CAN	15	2:12.76	65.53	3:18.29
22	Juergen Loacker	AUT	21	2:12.02	66.35	3:18.37
23	Lamin Deen	GBR	11	2:13.12	65.82	3:18.94
24	Loic Costerg	FRA	7	2:13.21	65.74	3:18.95
25	Milan Jagnesak	SVK	14	2:13.52	65.88	3:19.40
26	Andreas Neagu	ROU	3	2:13.36	66.08	3:19.44
27	Lukas Gschnitzer	ITA	6	2:13.54	65.95	3:19.49
28	Vuk Radjenovic	SRB	10	2:13.25	66.30	3:19.55
29	Patrice Servelle	MON	1	2:13.71	65.87	3:19.58
30	Codie Bascue	USA	20	2:13.59	66.16	3:19.75
31	Michael Klingler	LIE	8	2:13.75	66.05	3:19.80
32	Michael Serise	BEL	4	2:13.85	66.00	3:19.85
33	Heath Spence	AUS	5	2:14.28	66.70	3:20.98
34	Ivan Sola	CRO	2	2:14.82	66.56	3:21.38