From Königssee, GER
(Dec. 3, 2017) German Christoph Hafer cruised to four-man victory in the third four-man race of the season.
Hafer was the quickest at the top on both starts, and quickest at every split down the Königssee track on his way to a .32 second victory over Russian Maxim Andrianov.
The win was the first four-man win of the season for Hafer.
Race 2 winner Pablo Nolte came into the second heat in second place, but struggled in his second run, dropping him off the podium. That gave the advantage to Andrianov, who moved up from fourth to silver, while Markus Treichl finished in the bronze medal position.
Youth Olympic gold medalist Jonas Jannush finished fourth, just ahead of Nolte in fifth, while Russian Dmitriy Popov finished sixth.
Results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Hafer / Salzer / Reichenberger / Schneider | GER | 4.91 | 4.92 | 49.42 | 49.56 | 1:39.00 |
2 | Andrianov / Selikhov / Samitov / Mordasov | RUS | 4.94 | 4.94 | 49.62 | 4.97 | 1:39.32 |
3 | Treichl / Glück / Rangl / Bassey | AUT | 4.92 | 4.96 | 49.52 | 49.81 | 1:39.33 |
4 | Jannusch / Ebert / Jagusch / Bauer | GER | 4.98 | 4.99 | 49.77 | 49.69 | 1:39.46 |
5 | Nolte / Hertel / Schüller / Strauss | GER | 4.95 | 4.96 | 49.51 | 49.97 | 1:39.48 |
6 | Popov / Gaitiukevich / Zharovtsev / Kuzmenko | RUS | 4.94 | 4.93 | 49.72 | 49.87 | 1:39.59 |
7 | Buchmüller / Ammour / Hammers / Laurenz | GER | 4.95 | 4.94 | 49.90 | 49.87 | 1:39.77 |
8 | Vrba / Stoklaska / Suchy / Egydy | CZE | 5.00 | 5.02 | 49.83 | 49.98 | 1:39.81 |
9 | Bracher / Knuser / Dörig / Kuonen | SUI | 4.97 | 4.97 | 49.91 | 49.91 | 1:39.82 |
10 | Dvorak / Kopriva / Sindelar / Noseek | CZE | 4.92 | 4.93 | 50.00 | 49.99 | 1:39.99 |
11 | Bredikhin / Buryakov / Sysoev / Korotkov | RUS | 4.96 | 4.96 | 50.02 | 49.98 | 1:40.00 |
12 | Luty / Masztak / Miedzik / Kossakowski | POL | 4.98 | 5.00 | 49.95 | 50.09 | 1:40.04 |
12 | Matousek / Kozienka / Simik / Fendek | SVK | 5.04 | 5.02 | 50.04 | 50.00 | 1:40.04 |
14 | de Bruin / Piek / van der Zijde / Franjic | NED | 4.94 | 4.96 | 50.02 | 50.17 | 1:40.19 |
15 | Heinrich / Bytebier / Lefebvre / Flaven | FRA | 5.09 | 5.09 | 50.33 | 50.18 | 1:40.51 |
16 | Tentea / Coman / Dobre / Daroczi | ROU | 4.98 | 4.96 | 50.22 | 50.36 | 1:40.58 |
17 | Grigore / Radu / Craciun / Bartha | ROU | 5.06 | 5.04 | 50.27 | 50.32 | 1:40.59 |
18 | Radenovic / Vujanic / Ristic / Nikolic | SRB | 4.96 | 5.01 | 50.23 | 50.40 | 1:40.63 |
19 | Berzins / Priekulis / Nungurs / Kaufmanis | LAT | 5.06 | 5.04 | 50.49 | 50.25 | 1:40.74 |
20 | Meyerhans / Lorenzoni / Bieri / Danso | SUI | 5.16 | 5.12 | 50.27 | 50.50 | 1:40.77 |
21 | Godefroy / Baechler / Aguemon / Alais | FRA | 5.14 | 50.60 | |||
22 | Constantin / Iusco / Muntean / Bugheanu | ROU | 5.24 | 50.63 | |||
23 | Stano / Michalski / Zakrzewski / Grudzien | POL | 5.46 | 52.02 |