From Lake Placid, USA
Canadian Caillie Humphries leads the way after heat 1, just .12 ahead of Elana Meyers. Sandra Kiriasis sits just .08 back of Meyers, while Cathleen Martini and Fabienne Meyer are also still in the early hunt of this four-heat event.
Below: Bree Schaaf pushes off in heat 1.
| Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 |
| 1 | Humphries/Ciochetti | CAN 1 | 5 | 57.10 |
| 2 | Meyers/Eberling | USA 1 | 8 | 57.22 |
| 3 | Kiriasis/Lammert | GER 3 | 4 | 57.30 |
| 4 | Martini/Tischer | GER 1 | 1 | 57.37 |
| 5 | Meyer/Schenk | SUI 1 | 3 | 57.44 |
| 6 | Walker/Cooke | GBR 1 | 11 | 57.54 |
| 7 | Upperton/Brown | CAN 2 | 17 | 57.58 |
| 8 | Schneiderheinze/Thöne | GER 2 | 2 | 57.74 |
| 9 | Hengster/Versen | AUT 1 | 7 | 57.77 |
| 10 | Fenlator/Marcum | USA 3 | 13 | 57.81 |
| 11 | Feorova/Ismailova | RUS 2 | 9 | 57.83 |
| 12 | Tambovtseva/Udobkina | RUS 1 | 6 | 57.87 |
| 13 | Schaaf/Azevedo | USA2 | 10 | 57.95 |
| 14 | Tokovaya/Pahmutova | RUS 3 | 14 | 58.59 |
| 15 | Willemsen/Van Leuven | BEL 1 | 15 | 58.60 |
| 16 | Radjenovic/Gorincu | AUS 1 | 12 | 58.64 |
| 17 | Willemarck/Vannieuwenhuyse | BEL 2 | 16 | 59.41 |
