Church Win 1st 2-man of 2020/2021 in Lake Placid

From Lake Placid, USA

Feb. 1, 2021 – Hunter Church won his first two-man race of the 2020/2021 season, cruising to victory in Lake Placid.

Church and brakeman Hakeen Abdul-Saboor started strong, setting the fast start time of the first heat on their way to a .33 advantage over Frank Del Duca. Del Duca put a strong run down in the second heat to take a .4 second lead over Sam Moeller. Church, though, was stronger, finishing .44 ahead of Del Duca.

The gold for Church was his first of the season in two-man bobsled, with the silver for Del Duca being his first of the season as well.

Sam Moeller, Tyler Hickey, and Israel’s Dave Nicholls rounded out the field.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Church / Abdul-Saboor USA 1 5.21 5.23 55.38 55.64 1:51.02
2 Del Duca / Volker USA 2 5.27 5.27 55.71 55.75 1:51.46
3 Moeller / Mustard USA 3 5.21 5.22 55.91 55.95 1:51.86
4 Hickey / Fogt USA 5 5.37 5.40 56.04 56.25 1:52.29
5 Nicholls / Porter ISR 4 6.89 7.00 64.20 64.75 2:08.95