FIL World Cup – Team Relay – Race 1

From Lake Placid, USA

The first Team Relay of the 2014/2015 season was run this weekend in Lake Placid, and Germany was the winner.  The team of Geisenberger, Loch and Eggert/Benecken, all three gold medal winners this weekend were fastest in all three runs en route to setting a new track record.

The Italian team of Robatscher, D. Fischnaller and Oberstolz/Gruber worked their way up to a silver medal finish, while the Americans made it three medals in four events this weekend with a third place finish.  Erin Hamlin, Tucker West and the doubles team of Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman set off with a slow start, but picked it up throughout the three runs to take bronze.

Results:

Pos Names (Women, Men, Doubles) Nation Bib Split 1 Split 2 Total
1 Geisenberger, Loch, Eggert/Benecken GER 8 50.186 1:42.339 2:34.886
2 Robatscher, D. Fischnaller, Oberstolz/Gruber ITA 5 50.712 1:42.819 2:35.546
3 Hamlin, West, Mortensen/Terdiman USA 3 51.296 1:43.031 2:35.638
4 McRae, Malyk, Walker/Snith CAN 1 50.551 1:43.609 2:36.447
5 Baturina, Peretjagin, Yuzhakov/Prokhorov RUS 6 50.924 1:43.540 2:36:487
6 Platzer, Kindl, Penz/Fischler AUT 7 51.691 1:43.824 2:36.718
7 Stramatuaru, Cretu, Ifrim/Anghel ROU 2 51.209 1:44.577 2:38.173