2012/2013 Europa Cup – Bobsled Round 2

From Igls, Austria

More of the same from Thomas Florschuetz, as he outruns Beat Hefti in Austria in round 2 of the Europa Cup.  The big Swede led after Run 1 by .02, but while Florschuetz picked up time in the second run (as most teams did), Hefti couldn’t keep up, finishing an overall .07 behind the German.  Hefti’s countryman Gregor Baumann finished in the bronze medal position for the second time in two races.

It was another solid day for the British team, with Lamin Deen and Ben Simons leading the way with a 6th place finish.  Will Golder and Andrew Mathews put the second GBR sled solidly in the top 20 with a 14th place finish.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Florschuetz/Bredau GER 6 53.15 53.06 1:46.21
2 Hefti/Bracher SUI 10 53.13 53.15 1:46.28
3 Baumann/Badraun SUI 8 53.49 53.28 1:46.77
4 Zalims/Strenga LAT 7 53.57 53.33 1:46.90
5 Schmid/Kagerhuber GER 2 53.40 53.59 1:46.99
6 Deen/Simons GBR 17 53.64 53.51 1:47.15
7 Kibermanis/Leiboms LAT 26 53.62 53.59 1:47.21
8 Abramovitch/Gotovtsev RUS 5 53.66 53.56 1:47.22
9 Andrianov/Rzhannikov RUS 34 53.96 53.49 1:47.45
10 Kupczyk/Mroz POL 9 53.76 53.74 1:47.50
11 Pashov/Kruchkov RUS 12 53.80 53.74 1:47.54
12 Boehmer/Christ GER 14 53.93 53.74 1:47.67
13 Ludwig/Stoutjesdijk GER 11 53.95 53.84 1:47.79
14 Golder/Matthews GBR 4 54.12 53.70 1:47.82
15 Stulnev/Chubakov RUS 3 54.07 53.79 1:47.86
16 Wesselink/Brink NED 18 53.86 54.03 1:47.89
17 Hladik/Dvorak CZE 20 54.14 53.97 1:48.11
18 Gschnitzer/Zazzera ITA 19 54.18 54.08 1:48.26
19 Maier/Flunk AUT 24 54.18 54.10 1:48.28
20 Treichl/Somov AUT 25 54.18 54.18 1:48.36
21 Luty/Pawilojc POL 13 54.17 54.27 1:48.44
22 Iorga/Moldovan ROU 36 54.20
23 Suter/Meier SUI 15 54.22
24 Dorin/Bogdan ROU 16 54.26
24 Baumgartner/Zanarotto ITA 21 54.26
26 Heibl/Bjugn NOR 22 54.53
27 Menardi/Olivo ARG 40 54.54
28 Matousek/Carda CZE 37 54.57
29 Shumakov/Tkachuk UKR 35 54.62
30 Silic/Mezulic CRO 30 54.65
31 Rinaldi/Torre MON 23 54.67
32 Vikhnin/Frullani ITA 41 54.79
33 Gref/Pieczarka POL 27 54.98
34 Chitescu/Minca ROU 44 55.00
35 Radjenovic/Zlatnar SRB 1 55.10
36 Song/Lee KOR 43 55.15
37 Schumacher/Mezing SUI 42 55.27
38 Sola/Maric CRO 38 55.95
39 Lim/Lee KOR 39 56.05
40 Tudorache/Roman ROU 28 56.07
41 Ljubisavljevic/Ljubisavljevic SRB 32 56.40
42 Fernandez/Sopen ESP 29 57.26
DNS Kleszczynski/Mazurkiewicz POL 33 DNS
DNS Fontana/Ughi ITA 31 DNS