2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 3

From Königssee, GER

Francesco Friedrich made it three wins in three attempts in 2015/2016, as the German shattered the Königssee track record on the way to another gold medal. Friedrich had the fastest push, and the fastest drive in each heat to finish just over a quarter-second ahead of Latvian Oskars Melbardis.  Melbardis had the second fastest run in each heat, but was unable to close the gap between himself and the German.

Nico Walther made it two Germans on the podium in the bronze position, just .01 ahead of Canadian Justin Kripps.  Rico Peter finished .02 behind Kripps in fifth, while Yunjong Won rounded out the top six in sixth.

Steven Holcomb is slowly getting back to form after a leg injury hampered him in the first two races of the season. The American Olympic medalist and former World Champion finished seventh, just .01 ahead of teammate Nick Cunningham. The pair finished .15 and .16 outside of a medal position.

Bradley Hall scored a top 20 in his first World Cup event in 20th place. Teammate Bruce Tasker finished tied for 22nd with Canadian Chris Spring.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Friedrich / Margis GER 2 49.29 49.48 1:38.77
2 Melbardis / Dreiskens LAT 3 49.48 49.57 1:39.05
3 Walther / Hübenbecker GER 9 49.57 49.93 1:39.50
4 Kripps / Kopacz CAN 7 49.67 49.84 1:39.51
5 Peter / Amrhein SUI 4 49.77 49.76 1:39.53
6 Won / Seo KOR 5 49.81 49.76 1:39.57
7 Holcomb / Delduca USA 16 49.83 49.82 1:39.65
8 Cunningham / McGuffie USA 11 49.84 49.82 1:39.66
9 Arndt / Kuske GER 10 49.80 49.89 1:39.69
10 Zalims / Dambis LAT 8 49.88 49.84 1:39.72
11 Stulnev / Antukh RUS 18 49.91 50.03 1:39.94
12 Kim / Jun KOR 13 50.09 49.88 1:39.97
12 Kasjanov / Pushkarev RUS 6 49.90 50.07 1:39.97
14 Bertazzo / Fontana ITA 19 49.96 50.13 1:40.09
15 Luty / Kossakowski POL 27 50.03 50.12 1:40.15
16 Rinaldi / Vain MON 17 50.09 50.14 1:40.23
17 Kibermanis / Leiboms LAT 1 50.11 50.16 1:40.27
18 Hefti / Höpli SUI 14 50.05 50.37 1:40.42
19 Zakharov / Chubakov RUS 15 50.21 50.37 1:40.58
20 Hall / Simons GBR 23 50.30 50.61 1:40.91
21 Maier / Rangl AUT 26 50.38
22 Spring / Plug CAN 12 50.41
22 Tasker / Fearon GBR 21 50.41
24 Costerg / Castell FRA 20 50.52
25 Vrba /  Havlin CZE 25 50.53
26 Sammer / Somov AUT 24 50.54
27 Matousek / Egydy CZE 28 50.62
28 Radenovic / Bundalo SRB 22 50.64
29 Grigore / Craciun ROU 29 50.87
30 Heibl / Winger NOR 30 51.43