From Königssee, Germany
The less-than-favorable weather conditions managed to vanish for the final heat on Saturday, leading to a collective drop in times almost across the board.
Beat Hefti in SUI1 set the fast time in both heats, with a 49.87 being the run that made the difference. Behind him, the Canadian team of Rush & Lumsden were the only team in shouting distance. The GER 2 sled of Machata/Bredau.
Some bad luck in the S turns cost a couple teams position, as Melbardis and Holcomb both suffered from big slides, putting them to 9th and 10th, respectively.
The Baumann/Baumann swiss sled finishes fourth, making it the best finish for the season for them, while the Russian sled of Zubkov/Trunenkov finish fifth.
American John Napier had his best single run of the season with his second run. He finished 12th.
Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Hefti/Lamparter | SUI1 | 2 | 50.04 | 49.87 | 1:39.91 |
2 | Rush/Lumsden | CAN1 | 1 | 50.23 | 49.98 | 1:40.21 |
3 | Machata/Bredau | GER2 | 5 | 50.34 | 49.99 | 1:40.33 |
4 | Baumann/Baumann | SUI2 | 6 | 50.35 | 50.05 | 1:40.40 |
5 | Zubkov/Trunenkov | RUS1 | 7 | 50.35 | 50.13 | 1:40.48 |
6 | Arndt/Kuske | GER1 | 10 | 50.48 | 50.01 | 1:40.49 |
7 | Schmid/Huebenbecker | GER3 | 15 | 50.50 | 50.04 | 1:40.54 |
8 | Servelle/Brown | MON1 | 3 | 50.45 | 50.09 | 1:40.54 |
9 | Melbardis/Dreiskens | LAT1 | 8 | 50.32 | 50.31 | 1:40.63 |
10 | Holcomb/Olsen | USA1 | 9 | 50.44 | 50.49 | 1:40.93 |
11 | Van Calker/Jansma | NED1 | 4 | 50.54 | 50.42 | 1:40.96 |
12 | Napier/Fogt | USA2 | 13 | 50.61 | 50.38 | 1:40.99 |
13 | Istrate/Craciun | ROU1 | 17 | 50.59 | 50.46 | 1:41.05 |
14 | Loacker/Adolf | AUT1 | 18 | 50.67 | 50.53 | 1:41.20 |
15 | Kasjanov/Belugin | RUS2 | 11 | 50.69 | 50.53 | 1:41.22 |
16 | Bertazzo/Costa | ITA1 | 16 | 50.79 | 50.64 | 1:41.43 |
17 | Maskalans/Dambis | LAT2 | 14 | 50.97 | 50.57 | 1:41.54 |
17 | Vrba/Stoklaska | CZE1 | 19 | 51.01 | 50.73 | 1:41.54 |
19 | Kupczyk/Niewiara | POL1 | 21 | 51.06 | 50.78 | 1:41.84 |
20 | Zarharov/Meleshkin | RUS3 | 12 | 50.89 | 51.02 | 1:41.91 |
21 | Zalims/Zirups | LAT3 | 20 | 51.16 | ||
22 | Godefroy/Jolivet | FRA1 | 22 | 51.29 | ||
23 | Fadjenovic/Zlatnar | SRB1 | 24 | 51.33 | ||
24 | Luty/Zalewski | POL2 | 23 | 51.62 | ||
25 | Jagnesak/Mokras | SVK1 | 25 | 51.86 | ||
26 | Grigore/Bogdan | ROU2 | 26 | 52.02 |