Norton Leads Canadian One-Two in Park City

From Park City, USA

(December 15, 2023) – Pat Norotn and his team had the two quickest starts and the fast downtime in each heat on their way to a .26 second victory over their Canadian teammates led by Taylor Austin.

The advantage was .16 after the first run. Austin took the lead from Jinsu Kim by .3 to guarantee a gold medal for Canada. Norton’s team gave him a second quick push and Norton took it from there as he cruised to a four-man bobsled victory in Park City.

Kim’s squad finished third, well ahead of USA’s Geoff Gadbois in fourth. Kris Horn and AJ Edelman rounded out the six sled field.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Norton / Evelyn / Bruggeling / Murray-Lawrence CAN 2 4.92 4.94 47.37 47.57 1:34.94
2 Austin / Couturier / McEwan / Ohrt CAN 6 5.00 5.00 47.53 47.67 1:35.20
3 Kim / Lee / Kim / Kim KOR 4 4.95 4.95 47.73 47.77 1:35.50
4 Gadbois / Vissering / Cheek / Storms USA 3 4.95 4.97 48.02 47.97 1:35.99
5 Horn / Adams / Johnson / Simon USA 5 4.96 5.01 48.08 48.37 1:36.45
6 Edelman / Jackson / Dunn / Magnezi ISR 1 6.35 6.31 50.45 50.70 1:41.15