February 2013 - Sliding on Ice

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Four-Man Bobsled

February 17, 2013 ken 0

From Sochi, Russia Oskars Melbardis and his team set start records in both heats, and that was enough to power the Latvians to gold. Melbardis has been close many times, but the win is his […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Four-Man Bobsled – Heat 1

February 17, 2013 ken 0

From Sochi, Russia Thomas Florschuetz will go into the second heat in the four-man competition as the leader, .07 ahead of home-ice slider Alexander Zubkov. Zuvkov is looking to take home the first gold for […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Two-Man Bobsled

February 16, 2013 ken 0

From Sochi, Russia Beat Hefti wins the final two-man race of the 2012/2013 season, and has some great momentum going into next year’s Olympics. Hefti takes the win by .3 over German Thomas Florschuetz, and […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Two-Man Bobsled – Heat 1

February 16, 2013 ken 0

From Sochi, Russia Beat Hefti will go into the second heat on the Olympic ice as the race leader. Racing is tight throughout the field but Hefti’s been the one sled to pull away by […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 9 – Women’s Skeleton

February 16, 2013 ken 0

From Sochi, Russia The ice was again slower than the first heat, but it seemed to be a little more consistent throughout the second heat. The American duo of Katie Uhlaender and Noelle Pikus-Pace came […]