2013/2014 FIBT World Cup – Winterberg – Women’s Bobsled

From Winterberg, Germany

Sandra Kiriasis came into the second heat of her race in Winterberg in third place.  Despite a slower start, the German had a perfect run down home ice and took gold from two hard-charging Americans.  Elana Meyers and Lolo Jones had a tough push in their first heat, and  came into the second heat in fifth place. A much-improved second push got her within .01 of gold, as one late hit off the next to last corner made the difference.  Anja Schneiderheinze took bronze for Germany, while American Jamie Greubel and Canadian World Champion Kaillie Humphries finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Jazmine Fenlator made it three sleds in the top 10, finishing ninth for the United States.  Canada’s Jennifer Ciochetti finished 14th, while Great Britain’s Paula Walker, Victoria Olaoye and Mica McNeill finished 13th, 17th and 22nd, respectively.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Kiriasis/Fritz GER 6 57.83 57.58 1:55.41
2 Meyers/Jones USA 10 57.90 57.52 1:55.42
3 Schneiderheinze/Schneider GER 8 57.79 57.69 1:55.48
4 Greubel/Evans USA 7 57.76 57.76 1:55.52
5 Humphries/Moyse CAN 9 57.88 57.75 1:55.63
6 Willemsen/Marien BEL 4 58.08 57.84 1:55.92
7 Kamphuis/Vis NED 11 58.06 57.91 1:55.97
8 Spahni/Graf SUI 3 58.11 57.90 1:56.01
9 Fenlator/Williams USA 2 58.03 58.06 1:56.09
10 Meyer/Mayer SUI 13 58.12 58.07 1:56.19
11 Stulneva/Udobkina RUS 5 58.33 58.11 1:56.44
12 Martini/Senkel GER 1 58.29 58.16 1:56.45
13 Walker/Wilson GBR 12 58.37 58.34 1:56.71
14 Ciochetti/Valois CAN 14 58.67 58.10 1:56.77
15 Hengster/Kleiser AUT 16 58.54 58.35 1:56.89
16 Tambovtseva/Timofeeva RUS 15 58.96 58.61 1:57.57
17 Olaoye/Coooke GBR 18 59.07 58.61 1:57.68
18 Vannieuwenhuyse/Holthof BEL 22 58.90 58.84 1:57.74
19 Constantin/Grecu ROU 21 59.00 58.95 1:57.95
20 Radjenovic/Pittman AUS 17 58.75 60.11 1:58.86
21 Capponcelli/Schiavon ITA 19 59.09
22 McNeill/Adams GBR 20 59.25