2017 IBSF World Championships – Team Competition

From Königssee, GER

Germany all but dominated Sunday’s competitions in Königssee, first winning two of three medals in the two-man bobsled race, then turning around and taking gold and silver in the team competition.

The Germany 1 team of Axel Jungk, Miriama Jamanka, Jacqueline Lölling, and Johannes Lochner pulled away on the strength of Lölling’s track record run to pull away from their Germany 2 teammates of Christopher Grotheer, Stephanie Schneider, Tina Hermann and Nico Walther.

Jacqueline Lölling (Courtesy IBSF TV)

For the first time in the Team Competition, the International squad won a medal, with with a very German-centric feel to it. The International 3 team comprised of Germans Alexander Gassner, Anna Fernstädt, Richard Oelsner and women’s bobsledder Maria Constantin finished with a bronze medal on the strength of a track record run by Gassner.

Elana Meyers Taylor led the way for USA 1 as they finished sixth overall, with Meyers Taylor setting the fastest time of the day for the women’s bobsled portion of the program. USA 2 finished 10th, while Canada 2 and Canada 1 finished just ahead in eighth and ninth respectively.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib M-Skele W-Bob W-Skele 2-Man Total
1 Jungk / Jamanka / Lölling / Lochner GER 1 11 50.34 50.86 51.23 49.41 3:21.84
2 Grotheer / Schneider / Hermann / Walther GER 2 10 50.39 50.87 51.64 49.54 3:22.44
3 Gassner / Constantin / Fernstädt / Oelsner INT 3 7 50.01 51.01 51.92 49.75 3:22.69
4 Tretiakov / Sergeeva / Orlova / Stulnev RUS 1 1 50.10 50.65 52.47 49.60 3:22.82
5 Tregybov / Rodionova / Nikitina / Kasjanov RUS 2 6 50.26 51.11 52.03 49.64 3:23.04
6 Antoine / Meyers Taylor / O’Shea / Holcomb USA 1 5 50.55 50.48 52.85 49.55 3:23.49
7 Guggenberger / Hengster / Flock / Maier AUT 1 3 51.05 50.72 52.34 49.61 3:23.72
8 Greszczyszyn / Rissling / Channell / Spring CAN 2 9 50.61 51.18 52.38 49.63 3:23.80
9 Martineau / Humphries / Rahneva / Kripps CAN 1 12 51.46 50.78 52.02 49.66 3:23.92
10 Crumpton / Greubel Poser / Wesenberg / Olsen USA 2 4 51.37 50.91 52.59 49.52 3:24.39
11 Boyer / C. de Bruin / Graybill / I. de Bruin INT 2 2 51.28 51.15 52.91 50.15 3:25.49
12 Velicu / Reinbolt / Mazilu / Grigore INT 1 8 51.61 51.42 53.41 50.44 3:26.88