FIBT World Cup – Round 2 – 2-Man Bobsled

From La Plagne, France

Germany 1 takes their first gold medal of the 2011/2012 World Cup season, beating out USA 1 and SUI 1.  Steve Holcomb betters his bronze medal effort from last week to a silver, while the team of Hefti/Lamparter take bronze.

Final results:

Pos Names Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Florschuetz/Kuske GER 1 59.39 59.11 1:58.50
2 Holcomb/Langton USA 1 59.48 59.37 1:58.85
3 Hefti/Lamparter SUI 1 59.53 59.38 1:58.91
4 Arndt/Putze GER 2 59.73 59.47 1:59.20
5 Rush/Wright CAN 1 59.84 59.57 1:59.41
6 Spring/Plug CAN 2 60.01 59.47 1:59.48
7 Machata/Bredau GER 3 59.95 59.54 1:59.49
8 Zubkov/Truneknkov RUS 1 59.84 59.71 1:59.55
9 Melbardis/Dreiskens LAT 2 60.10 59.52 1:59.62
10 van Calker/Jansma NED 1 60.04 59.59 1:59.63
11 Napier/Fogt USA 2  60.02 59.76 1:59.78
12 Baumann/Baumann SUI 2 59.89 59.92 1:59.81
13 Kasjanov/Belugin RUS 2 60.04 59.78 1:59.82
14 Jackson/Benson GBR 60.23 59.96 2:00.19
15 Servelle/Brown MON 1 60.28 60.04 2:00.32
16 Maskalans/Dambis LAT 1 60.37 59.98 2:00.35
17 Zalims/Zirups LAT 3 60.73 60.04 2:00.77
18 Gorlachev/Meleshkin RUS 3 60.58 60.23 2:00.81
19 Kupczyk/Mroz POL 1 60.77 60.14 2:00.91
20 Godefroy/Jolivet FRA 1 61.17 61.12 2:02.29
21 Luty/Pawilojc POL 2 61.39
22 Bertazzo/Comil ITA 1 61.48
23 Jagnesak/Mokras SLO 1 61.56
24 Radjenovic/Jovanovic SRB 1 61.61