January 2013 - Page 4 of 9

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Two-Man Bobsled – Heat 1

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria Beat Hefti’s next two-man race will be in St. Moritz in his home nation of Switzerland. What better way to get some momentum than to take a win in the previous race. […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Men’s Skeleton

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria You’ll hear some sliders say that they’re using this week’s race in Igls as a prep for the coming World Championships. If that’s the case for Martins Dukurs, the rest of the […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Men’s Skeleton – Heat 1

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria About a season ago I ran out of ways to explain how much better than everyone else Martins Dukurs is. To demonstrate it today, the track’s been described as a little slow […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Women’s Bobsled

January 18, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria Sandra Kirasis didn’t have a great push in her second heat, but the German did just enough to beat Canadian Kaillie Humphries by .01 seconds. Humphries had a uncharacteristically bumpy ride down, and […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Women’s Bobsled – Heat 1

January 18, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria Sandra Kirasis has long been the standard-bearer for German bobsledding, but hasn’t seen a gold medal in two seasons. Today she’ll go into the second heat just .08 out of a gold. […]