From Igls, AUT
The team of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken dominated the opening round of the 2014/2015 FIL World Cup this weekend to take gold in Igls. The Germans were the only team to set a time below 39.8, with both runs in the sub .8 range. Their first run was almost .3 ahead of the silver medal team of Yuzkahov & Prokhorov, and despite a marginally slower second run, Eggert & Benecken were a full half-second ahead of the Russians to take gold.
Austria took bronze in the opening round, as Penz & Fischler edged Germans Wendl & Arlt for third, while Gruber & Kainzwaldner took fifth to lead the way for Italy.
It was a solid start to the World Cup season for Matthew Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman, as the Americans finished seventh, just under a quarter second out of the medals/ Tristan Walker & Justin Snith took 19th for Canada.
Results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Eggert/Benecken | GER | 16 | 39.563 | 39.767 | 1:19.330 |
2 | Yuzhakov/Prokhorov | RUS | 11 | 39.815 | 40.020 | 1:19.835 |
3 | Penz/Fischler | AUT | 18 | 39.955 | 39.895 | 1:19.850 |
4 | Wendl/Arlt | GER | 17 | 39.946 | 39.914 | 1:19.860 |
5 | Gruber/Kainzwaldner | ITA | 12 | 39.853 | 40.015 | 1:19.868 |
6 | Oberstolz/Gruber | ITA | 15 | 39.954 | 40.015 | 1:19.969 |
7 | Mortensen/Terdiman | USA | 10 | 40.048 | 40.023 | 1:20.071 |
8 | Geueke/Gamm | GER | 7 | 40.165 | 39.978 | 1:20.143 |
9 | Bogdanov/Medvedev | RUS | 20 | 40.086 | 40.100 | 1:20.168 |
10 | Ifrim/Anghel | ROU | 8 | 40.011 | 40.200 | 1:20.211 |
11 | Sics/Sics | LAT | 19 | 39.860 | 40.484 | 1:20.344 |
12 | Rieder/Rastner | ITA | 24 | 49.976 | 40.412 | 1:20.388 |
13 | Broz/Broz | CZE | 13 | 40.249 | 40.280 | 1:20.529 |
14 | Steu/Koller | AUT | 5 | 40.765 | 40.193 | 1:20.958 |
15 | Denisyev/Antonov | RUS | 14 | 40.987 | 40.649 | 1:21.636 |
16 | Schmid/Strckner | AUT | 3 | 41.111 | 40.548 | 1:21.659 |
17 | Obolonchyk/Zakharvkiv | UKR | 6 | 40.940 | 41.218 | 1:22.158 |
18 | Kvicala/Kudera | CZE | 22 | 42.529 | 40.467 | 1:22.996 |
19 | Walker/Snith | CAN | 23 | 43.577 | 40.017 | 1:23.594 |
20 | Gitlan/Craciun | ROU | 4 | 41.954 | 42.685 | 1:24.639 |
21 | Gedzius/Kowalewski | POL | 9 | 40.190 | 44.921 | 1:25.111 |
22 | Proeba/Mikrut | POL | 2 | 40.956 | 47.303 | 1:28.259 |
23 | Atodiresei/Musei | ROU | 1 | 54.121 | 41.348 | 1:35.469 |
DNF | Gudramovics/Kalnins | LAT | 21 | DNF |