2013/2014 FIBT World Cup – Park City – Two-Man Bobsled

From Park City, USA

Steven Holcomb made it three wins in as many races between two and four-man bobsled, setting the fastest time in both heats today in Park City.  Using two strong pushes from himself and brakeman Christopher Fogt, Holcomb never trailed, not even at the start.  He had some stiff competition from teammate Nick Cunningham, who takes his first medal of the year in silver, while Francesco Friedrich becomes the first German to win a medal in the 2013/2014 FIBT season, taking bronze.  Despite a snowy run that led to an eighth place position after run 1, Cory Butner rallied back to place all three US sleds in the top four, while Beat Hefti took a fifth place finish.

The Canadian sleds all finished in the top 12, with Lyndon Rush piloting his sled to a sixth place finish. Justin Kripps continued to improve, finishing eighth, while a disappointing first run left Chris Spring 12th.  John Jackson of Great Britain finished 23rd.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Holcomb/Fogt USA 9 47.76 47.75 1:35.51
2 Cunningham/Robinson USA 4 47.84 47.92 1:35.76
3 Friedrich/Baecker GER 5 47.93 47.87 1:35.80
4 Butner/Berkeley USA 10 48.04 47.89 1:35.93
5 Hefti/Baumann SUI 7 48.01 47.94 1:35.95
6 Rush/Brown CAN 8 47.95 48.07 1:36.02
6 Melbardis/Dreiskens LAT 2 47.96 48.06 1:36.02
8 Kripps/Barnett CAN 14 48.10 48.01 1:36.11
9 Zubkov/Trunenkov RUS 3 48.01 48.12 1:36.13
10 Kasjanov/Voevoda RUS 1 48.07 48.16 1:36.23
10 Arndt/Huebenbecker GER 11 48.11 48.12 1:36.23
12 Spring/Lumsden CAN 6 48.23 48.02 1:36.25
13 Florschuetz GER 12 48.37 48.11 1:36.48
14 Costerg/Heinrich FRA 16 48.20 48.40 1:36.60
15 Bertazzo/Frullani ITA 13 48.31 48.44 1:36.75
16 Istrate/Craciun ROU 18 48.40 48.45 1:36.85
17 de Bruin/Klaasen NED 17 48.42 48.44 1:36.86
18 Won/Seo KOR 15 48.45 48.43 1:36.88
19 Zakharov/Antukh RUS 21 48.49 48.49 1:36.98
20 Baumann/Amrhein SUI 19 48.62
21 van Calker/Jansma NED 22 49.65
22 Vrba/Havlan CZE 23 48.82
23 Jackson/Benson GBR 24 48.85
24 Kupczyk/Niewiara POL 25 49.07