2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 9 - Two-Man Bobsled

From Sochi, Russia

Beat Hefti will go into the second heat on the Olympic ice as the race leader. Racing is tight throughout the field but Hefti’s been the one sled to pull away by any margin. Right behind the Swiss slider is a tie for second between Thomas Florschuetz and Oskars Melbardis (who set the push record). Canada’s Lyndon Rush is fourth, but only .02 ahead of Russian Alexander Zubkov.

Cory Butner is the top-ranked American in sixth, while teammates Steven Holcomb and Nick Cunningham are tenth and 14th respectively. On top of Rush’s solid run, Chris Spring is tied for seventh and Justin Kripps is 15th for Team Canada. John Jackson leads the way for Great Britain, tied with Kripps for 15th, while Lamin Deen finishes 29th and will miss the second heat.

Results after Heat 1:

Pos	Names	Nation	Draw	Run 1
1	Hefti/Lamparter	SUI1	8	56.73
2	Florschuetz/Bredau	GER2	2	56.89
2	Melbardis/Dreiskens	LAT1	6	56.89
4	Rush/Lumsden	CAN1	3	57.00
5	Zubkov/Trunenkov	RUS1	1	57.02
6	Butner/Quinn	USA2	9	57.13
7	Machata/Poser	GER3	5	57.14
7	Spring/Brown	CAN2	11	57.14
9	Peter/Friedli	SUI2	14	57.25
10	Holcomb/Langton	USA1	7	57.27
11	Bertazzo/Fontana	ITA1	4	57.30
11	Kasjanov/Belugin	RUS2	15	57.30
13	Friedrich/Baecker	GER1	10	57.35
14	Cunningham/Robinson	USA3	12	57.36
15	Kripps/Wright	CAN3	13	57.41
15	Jackson/Tasker	GBR1	16	57.41
17	Van Calker/Jansma	NED1	18	57.52
18	Costerg/Heinrich	FRA1	19	57.62
19	Istrate/Craciun	ROU1	33	57.63
20	Kiebermanis/Zirups	LAT2	23	57.71
21	De Bruin/Van Der Zijde	NED2	24	57.78
22	Loacker/Sammer	AUT1	21	57.80
23	Won/Jun	KOR1	30	57.84
24	Kupczyk/Mroz	POL1	20	57.87
25	Servelle/Vain	MON1	26	57.98
26	Spence/Mata	AUS1	25	58.16
27	Radjenovic/Milinkovic	SRB1	32	58.24
28	Vrba/Vacek	CZE3	17	58.33
29	Deen/Pickering	GBR2	28	58.33
30	Jagnesak/Simik	SVK1	29	58.43
31	Zakharov/Antukh	RUS3	27	58.57
32	Kim/Yuk	KOR2	31	58.95
DSQ	Klingler/Berginz	LIE1	22	DSQ