2016/2017 FIL World Cup – Team Relay – Race 2

From Königssee, GER

In what shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone, Germany dominated the Team Relay in Königssee to take gold on their home ice. The team of Geisenberger, Palik, and Wendl & Arlt were quickest at every interval on their way to another relay gold medal.

The United States team of Hamlin, West, and Mortensen & Terdiman finished with a silver medal on three strong runs. Erin Hamlin finished her run just over .45 off the pace, and Tucker West closed the gap to two tenths. The doubles team of Mortensen & Terdiman finished the silver medal run just .881 off the pace set by the Germans.

Austria finished third, with the team of Steu & Koller out-pacing the Canadian doubles team of Walker & Snith for the medal. Canada finished fourth, with Latvia and Italy rounding out the top six.

Three teams scored DNFs: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Korea.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Women Men Total
1 Geisenberger / Palik / Wendl & Arlt GER 9 52.794 1:47.502 2:42.348
2 Hamlin / West / Mortensen & Terdiman USA 13 53.251 1:47.710 2:43.229
3 Kastlunger / Kindl / Steu & Koller AUT 12 53.347 1:48.206 2:43.617
4 Gough / Malyk / Walker & Snith CAN 15 53.313 1:48.483 2:43.678
5 Cauce / Darznieks / Sics & Sics LAT 11 53.461 1:48.426 2:43.986
6 Vötter / D. Fischnaller / Rieder & Rastner ITA 10 54.055 1:48.800 2:44.347
7 Kuls / Kurowski / Chmielewski & Kowalewski POL 8 53.838 1:49.168 2:45.429
8 Noskova / Hyman / Broz & Broz CZE 6 55.040 1:50.255 2:46.460
9 Stramaturaru / Cretu / Atodiresei & Musei ROU 7 54.348 1:49.847 2:47.022
10 Stetskiv / Mandziy / Obolonchyk &Zakhrarkiv UKR 5 54.862 1:50.742 2:47.706
11 Zmijova / Ninis / Solcansky & Stuchlak SLO 3 59.943 1:54.970 2:51.612
12 Scott / Saudinger / Rosen & Thompson GBR 1 57.101 1:54.489 2:52.532
13 Ivanova / Pavlichenko / Bogdanov & Medvedev RUS 14 53.395 DNF
14 Bogacheva / Kopyrenko / Yefremov & Tatyanchenko KAZ 2 DNF
15 Frisch / Kim / Park & Cho KOR 4 DNF