From Lake Placid, USA
(January 2, 2026) – An outstanding 2025/2026 North American Cup season continued for Jamaica’s Shane Pitter, as the young pilot slid to two-man gold ahead of USA’s Grady Mercer in Lake Placid.
PItter and brakeman Joel Fearon put down a strong start and quick run to take the lead from the fifth starting spot in the first heat and put down a time that would go unmatched throughout the remainder of the day.
Their second run, while slower, was again the quickest of the heat on their way to a .24 second victory over Mercer and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor.
Canada’s Jay Dearborn and Chris Holmstead were third with the third quickest downtime in each heat.
The gold for Pitter was his third straight NAC two-man gold.
Brazil’s Edson Bindilatti and Edson Martins were fourth, ahead of teammates Gustavo Dos Santos Ferreira and Luis Bacca Goncalves.
South Korea’s Youngjin Suk and Suhyun Chun were sixth.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Pitter / Fearon | JAM | 5 | 5.30 | 5.33 | 55.51 | 55.90 | 1:51.41 |
| 2 | Mercer / Abdul-Saboor | USA | 10 | 5.37 | 5.38 | 55.72 | 55.93 | 1:51.65 |
| 3 | Dearborn / Holmstead | CAN | 6 | 0.15 | 5.26 | 55.86 | 56.05 | 1:51.91 |
| 4 | Bindilatti / Martins | BRA | 4 | 5.36 | 5.39 | 55.89 | 56.05 | 1:51.94 |
| 5 | Dos Santos Ferreira / Bacca Goncalves | BRA | 1 | 5.28 | 5.33 | 56.03 | 56.09 | 1:52.12 |
| 6 | Suk / Chun | KOR | 8 | 5.42 | 5.41 | 56.32 | 56.35 | 1:52.67 |
| 7 | Brown / John | TTO | 9 | 5.33 | 5.36 | 56.25 | 56.45 | 1:52.70 |
| 8 | Scott / Van dyk | AUS | 7 | 5.45 | 5.53 | 56.28 | 56.58 | 1:52.86 |
| 9 | Palakai / Donpritee | THA | 3 | 5.57 | 5.61 | 56.35 | 56.87 | 1:53.22 |
| 10 | Edelman / Katz | ISR | 12 | 5.25 | 5.62 | 56.57 | 56.66 | 1:53.23 |
| 11 | Peters / Forst | AUS | 16 | 5.53 | 5.50 | 56.68 | 56.58 | 1:53.26 |
| 12 | Gray / M’pindou | CAN | 11 | 5.35 | 5.42 | 56.64 | 56.66 | 1:53.30 |
| 13 | Matsuoka / Okuno | JPN | 13 | 5.40 | 5.43 | 56.68 | 56.76 | 1:53.44 |
| 14 | Tremblay / Puto | CAN | 15 | 5.55 | 5.47 | 56.76 | 56.89 | 1:53.65 |
| 15 | Silic / Kasik | CRO | 2 | 5.54 | 5.50 | 56.91 | 57.08 | 1:53.99 |
| 16 | Baechler / Alais | FRA | 17 | 5.52 | 5.59 | 57.27 | 57.36 | 1:54.63 |
| DNS | Shinohara / Kariya | JPN | 14 | DNS |