2014/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 5

From St. Moritz, SUI

Oskars Melbardis set a track record in St. Moritz, taking the gold medal in four-man bobsled and maintaining the World Cup point lead in the process.

The Latvian pilot was quickest in both heats, leading the way ahead of a three-sled challenge from Germany.  Francesco Friedrich took silver, just ahead of Max Arndt, who took bronze.  Nico Walther finishes just outside the podium in fourth,  Simone Bertazzo scores the best run for Italy in recent memory with a fifth place finish.

It was a tough day for the Americans, with Codie Bascue leading the way in 12th. Teammates Steven Holcomb and Nick Cunningham finished just behind in 14th and 16th, respectively.

In general, it was a rough weekend for North American. On the Canadian side, Chris Spring led the way in 17th. Kaillie Humphries finished 19th, while Justin Kripps finished just outside of the second run in 21st.  Olly Biddulph and Lamin Deen finished 22nd and 23rd for Great Britain, respectively.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Melbardis/Drieskens/Vilkaste/Strenga LAT 10 65.18 64.55 2:09.73
2 Friedrich/Bermbach/Grothkopp/Margis GER 3 65.24 64.67 2:09.91
3 Arndt/Speer/Rödiger/Putze GER 6 65.36 64.75 2:10.11
4 Walther/Bredau/Hübenbecker/Poser GER 8 65.38 65.06 2:10.44
5 Bertazzo/Fontana/Ughi/Costa ITA 17 65.38 65.25 2:10.63
6 Zakharov/Negodaylo/Moiseev/Antukh RUS 13 65.49 65.29 2:10.78
7 Kibermanis/Lusis/Zirups/Leiboms LAT 1 65.80 65.07 2:10.87
8 Maier/Laussegger/Sammer/Smetana AUT 16 65.67 65.34 2:11.01
9 Kasjanov/Huzin/Pushkarev/Kondratenko RUS 9 65.72 65.46 2:11.18
10 Vrba/Suchy/Stoklaska/Nosek CZE 18 65.82 65.40 2:11.22
11 Peter/van der Zijde/Amrhein/Badraun SUI 5 66.06 65.28 2:11.34
12 Bascue/Clark/Harrison/Cremin USA 15 65.91 65.49 2:11.40
13 Stulnev/Neustroev/Soldatenkov/Koshelev RUS 14 65.77 65.64 2:11.41
14 Holcomb/Olsen/valdes/Michener USA 2 65.94 65.49 2:11.43
15 Zalims/Kalnins/Miknis/Dambis LAT 20 65.46 66.44 2:11.50
16 Cunningham/Victorian/Reed/Adams USA 11 65.89 65.62 2:11.51
17 Spring/Kopacz/Plug/Kirkpatrick CAN 12 66.10 65.43 2:11.53
18 Won/Seo/Jun/Oh KOR 21 65.83 65.70 2:11.53
19 Humphries/McClelland/Dale/Violato CAN 19 66.12 66.23 2:12.35
20 Radjenovic/Vujanic/Krajisnik/Bundalo SRB 27 66.34 66.34 2:12.68
21 Kripps/Nemet/Barnett/Coakwell CAN 7 66.35
22 Biddulph/Oro-Campos/Goodger/Johnson GBR 23 66.46
23 Deen/Coleman/McLaughlin/Simpson GBR 4 66.48
24 Kim/Kim/Kim/Jang KOR 25 66.55
25 Grigore/Craciun/Salajan/Moldovan ROU 22 66.56
26 Luty/Tylkowski/Wieczorek/Kossakowski POL 24 66.79
27 Wesselink/Balvers/Mensink/Brinnk NED 26 66.96
28 Hefti/Zueblin/Spring Hug/Baumann SUI 28 67.66