FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Two-Man Bobsled

From Calgary, Canada

Beat Hefti had decent runs throughout the season, winning often but never in real dominating fashion.  Same story tonight, he beats out Manuel Machata by .01 to take the gold, and with it the overall season title.  Macahata finishes second, just ahead of Max Arndt in third.

The top Canadian team, led by Lyndon Rush, finishes just off the podium in fourth.  The field was packed at the top, and Rush was able to beat out Alexsandr Zubkov and Oscar Melbardis, who finish fifth and sixth respectively.

Americans Cory Butner and Nick Cunningham finish 13th and 15th respectively, while Canadian Justin Kripps finishes 8th.

Pos Pos (H1) Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 1 Hefti/Lamparter SUI 1 5 55.07 55.07 1:50.14
2 2 Machata/Bredau GER 2 4 55.12 55.03 1:50.15
3 3 Arndt/Kuske GER 1 3 55.15 55.25 1:50.40
4 5 Rush/Lumsden CAN 1 2 55.21 55.26 1:50.47
5 6 Zubkov/Trunenkov RUS 1 9 55.29 55.41 1:50.70
6 4 Melbardis/Dreiskens LAT 1 8 55.19 55.52 1:50.71
7 9 Friedich/Huenbecker GER 3 11 55.47 55.29 1:50.76
8 7 Kripps/Plug CAN 2 20 55.44 55.42 1:50.86
9 8 Servelle/Brown MON 1 10 55.45 55.49 1:50.94
10 16 Baumann/Baumann SUI 2 1 55.69 55.39 1:51.08
11 11 Van Calker/Jansma NED 1 7 55.57 55.54 1:51.11
12 10 Istrate/Craciun ROM 1 12 55.52 55.62 1:51.14
13 12 Butner/Berkeley USA 2 18 55.58 55.61 1:51.19
14 13 Bertazzo/Costa ITA 1 13 55.65 55.64 1:51.29
15 15 Cunningham/Robinson USA 1 14 55.68 55.63 1:51.31
16 17 Maskalans/Dambis LAT 2 16 55.81 55.57 1:51.38
17 14 Kasjanov/Belugin RUS 2 6 55.67 55.71 1:51.38
18 18 Zarharov/Meleshkin RUS 3 15 55.85 55.80 1:51.65
19 19 Jackson/Tasker GBR 1 17 56.13 55.99 1:52.12
20 20 Spence/Mata AUS 1 22 56.33 56.52 1:52.85
21 21 Radjenovic/Zlatnar SRB 1 25 56.36 56.36
22 22 Kupczyk/Niewiara POL 1 21 56.38 56.38
23 23 Zalims/Broks LAT 3 19 56.40 56.40
24 24 Jagnesak/Tesovic SVK 1 24 56.79 56.79
25 25 Kim/Suk KOR 1 26 57.11 57.11
26 26 Godefroy/Jolivet FRA 1 23 57.13 57.13