From Whistler, CAN
(December 2, 2023) – Mark Lynch came from behind to take his first gold medal of the 2023/2024 IBSF North American Cup season as part of a Canadian sweep of the podium in Whistler.
Ryan Kuehn, the previous day’s gold medalist held the lead after one heat, .11 ahead of Lynch and well ahead of Troy Wilson as the Canadians sat one-two-three after the first run.
In the second heat Troy took the lead, well ahead of South Korea’s Hyungjun Sim. Up next was Lynch, who put down a second run nearly identical to his first to take the lead.
The final slider down was Kuehn, who had trouble early in his second run and couldn’t quite make up lost time. Kuehn crossed in third place to give Lynch the gold, Wilson the silver, and Canada a podium sweep.
Sim held onto fourth, just ahead of Ireland’s Brendan Doyle in fifth.
Malaysia’s Jonathan Yaw rounded out the top six.
On top of their podium sweep, Canada placed four sliders in the top ten with Josip Brusic in eighth. Jacob Coleman finished 11th on the final Canadian sled.
The Americans once again struggled to get their footing in Whistler. Bradley Nicol was again the top American with a ninth place finish. Darryl Payne finished 13th, while Sam Allred finished 14th.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Mark Lynch | CAN | 14 | 4.78 | 4.78 | 54.18 | 54.20 | 1:48.38 |
| 2 | Troy Wilson | CAN | 8 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 54.79 | 54.26 | 1:49.05 |
| 3 | Ryan Kuehn | CAN | 10 | 4.56 | 4.59 | 54.07 | 55.70 | 1:49.77 |
| 4 | Hyungjun Kim | KOR | 4 | 4.69 | 4.68 | 55.13 | 55.40 | 1:50.53 |
| 5 | Brendan Doyle | IRL | 5 | 4.65 | 4.69 | 56.15 | 54.60 | 1:50.75 |
| 6 | Jonathan Yaw | MAS | 13 | 5.01 | 4.81 | 56.01 | 54.77 | 1:50.78 |
| 7 | Peter Makrides | AUS | 15 | 4.78 | 4.86 | 55.10 | 55.76 | 1:50.86 |
| 8 | Josip Brusic | CAN | 3 | 4.76 | 4.63 | 55.58 | 55.84 | 1:51.42 |
| 9 | Bradley Nicol | USA | 9 | 4.72 | 4.73 | 56.02 | 55.08 | 1:51.10 |
| 10 | Lin-Wei Pen | TPE | 11 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 55.49 | 56.83 | 1:52.32 |
| 11 | Jacob Coleman | CAN | 2 | 5.02 | 5.06 | 56.39 | 56.02 | 1:52.41 |
| 12 | Oren Milstein | ISR | 6 | 4.99 | 5.04 | 56.68 | 56.80 | 1:53.48 |
| 13 | Darryl Payne | USA | 7 | 4.68 | 4.70 | 55.55 | 58.08 | 1:53.63 |
| 14 | Sam Allred | USA | 1 | 4.67 | 4.64 | 60.13 | 58.88 | 1:59.01 |
| DNS | Nicholas Brooks | USA | 12 | 4.97 | 59.25 | DNS |
