From La Plagne, France
If there was any Women’s Bobsled record left to hold in France today, it’s gone. The Katie Humphries CAN 1 sled demolished the previous record by over a half second with a 1:01.18 in the second run to win today’s event from La Plagne, France.
The top eight sleds all broke the previous track record, while the USA 1 sled of Elana Meyers and Katie Eberling obliterated the start record as well with an impressive 6.40. They would go on to finish 8th.
Final results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Humphries/Baadsvik | CAN 1 | 4 | 61.63 | 61.18 | 2:02.81 |
2 | Martini/Tischer | GER 2 | 6 | 61.79 | 61.14 | 2:02.93 |
3 | Meyer/Schenk | SUI 1 | 3 | 61.75 | 61.23 | 2:02.98 |
4 | Schneiderheinze/Senkel | GER 3 | 1 | 61.71 | 61.33 | 2:03.04 |
5 | Kiriasis/Schneider | GER 1 | 9 | 61.82 | 61.33 | 2:03.15 |
6 | Fedorova/Timofeeva | RUS 1 | 7 | 62.03 | 61.57 | 2:03.60 |
7 | Hengster/Feichtner | AUT 1 | 10 | 62.05 | 61.65 | 2:03.70 |
8 | Meyers/Eberling | USA 1 | 8 | 62.18 | 61.60 | 2:03.78 |
9 | Tambovtseva/Udobkina | RUS 2 | 2 | 62.29 | 61.70 | 2:03.99 |
10 | Walker/Wilson | GBR 1 | 5 | 62.21 | 61.84 | 2:04.05 |
11 | Schaaf/Azevedo | USA 2 | 12 | 62.11 | 61.95 | 2:04.06 |
12 | Tokovaya/Ismailova | RUS 3 | 14 | 62.32 | 62.21 | 2:04.53 |
13 | Fenlator/Marcum | USA 3 | 11 | 62.45 | 62.14 | 2:04.59 |
14 | Radjenovic/Hedge | AUS 1 | 13 | 62.43 | 62.20 | 2:04.63 |