2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Women’s Bobsled

From Sochi, Russia

The track in Sochi inexplicably slowed up with ten sleds to go, but Sandra Kirasis managed to out-drive the track, as well as Elana Meyers and Kaillie Humphries, to win gold in Sochi. Meyers and brakewoman Aja Evans set the push record and had a quick run down to take silver, while Humphries will finish the season medaling in every event to take bronze.  Cathleen Martini had a seemingly clean run but fell back to fourth while Fabienne Meyer takes fifth for Switzerland.

Jennifer Ciochetti took advantage of the slower track conditions right after her run to take sixth for Canada, while the USA’s Jamie Greubel and Jazmine Fenlator finish ninth and 13th, respectively.  It was a tough day for British Bobsleigh, with Paula Walker 16th and Victoria Olaoye 19th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Kiriasis/Bertels GER1 3 58.16 59.03 1:57.19
2 Meyers/Evans USA1 9 58.33 58.99 1:57.32
3 Humphries/Valois CAN1 7 58.24 59.09 1:57.33
4 Martini/Tischer GER3 4 58.20 59.29 1:57.49
5 Meyer/Graf SUI1 1 58.35 59.27 1:57.62
6 Ciochetti/O’Brien CAN2 14 58.76 59.18 1:57.94
7 Stulneva/Ismailova RUS1 12 58.79 59.16 1:57.95
8 Schneiderheinze/Schneider GER2 2 58.61 59.35 1:57.96
9 Greubel/Eberling USA2 8 58.66 59.38 1:58.04
10 Spahni/Walser SUI2 13 58.52 59.68 1:58.20
11 Tambovtseva/Udobkina RUS2 16 58.79 59.55 1:58.34
11 Kamphuis/Kanis NED1 6 58.74 59.60 1:58.34
13 Fenlator/Jones USA3 5 58.67 59.75 1:58.42
14 Willemsen/Marien BEL1 17 58.97 59.46 1:58.43
15 Radjenovic/Pittman AUS1 15 59.06 59.42 1:58.48
16 Walker/Cooke GBR1 11 58.90 59.98 1:58.88
17 Kostromina/Timofeeva RUS3 19 59.23 59.66 1:58.89
18 Hengster/Versen AUT1 10 59.49 59.56 1:59.05
19 Olaoye/Denyer GBR2 18 59.60 60.15 1:59.75