2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 1

 From Calgary, CAN

Results from the first two-man race of the 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup season, held November 11, 2016.

The team of Nick Cunningham and Nathan Gilsleider was the most consistently fast of the 21 sled field, winning the first race of the season ahead of Yunjong Won of Korea, who took silver. Justin Olsen took bronze, putting two American sleds on the podium for the first time in the 2016/2017 IBSF international season.

Justin Kripps was the top-performing Canadian in fourth, while Bruce Tasker finished fifth as the top British pilot.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Cunningham / Gilsleider USA 5.23 5.20 55.21 55.54 1:50.75
2 Won / Seo KOR 5.07 5.12 55.28 55.56 1:50.84
3 Olsen / Landis USA 5.13 5.10 55.31 55.62 1:50.93
4 Kripps / Coakwell CAN 5.25 5.23 55.44 55.52 1:50.96
5 Poloniato / MacDougall CAN 5.22 5.24 55.45 55.69 1:51.14
6 Tasker / Blanchet-Dufresne GBR 5.18 5.14 55.87 55.70 1:51.57
7 Suk / Jang KOR 5.27 5.27 55.69 56.10 1:51.79
8 Deen / Matthews GBR 5.30 5.26 55.91 55.89 1:51.80
9 de Bruin / Veenker NED 5.27 5.30 55.81 56.03 1:51.84
10 Hall / Baines GBR 5.19 5.21 55.96 55.89 1:51.85
11 Austin / Sommer CAN 5.29 5.28 56.54 56.18 1:52.72
12 Bindilatti / Martins BRA 5.34 5.36 56.27 56.47 1:52.74
13 Gadbois / Cruce USA 5.30 5.33 56.33 56.43 1:52.76
14 Mata / Nichols AUS 5.36 5.38 56.50 56.54 1:53.04
15 Church / Fogt USA 5.41 5.42 57.12 56.83 1:53.95
16 Paes / Silva BRA 5.30 5.37 57.95 56.26 1:54.21
17 McKeen / Hamilton CAN 5.74 5.76 57.43 57.40 1:54.83
18 Fenlator-Victorian / Dixon JAM 5.48 5.49 57.39 57.50 1:54.89
19 Morgan / Myers JAM 5.52 5.54 57.75 57.50 1:55.25
20 Alexander / Goldson JAM 5.54 5.58 59.19 59.28 1:58.47
21 Cawthron / Grassi ISV 6.40 60.14