2014/2015 FIBT World Cup - Two-Man Bobsled

From Lake Placid, USA

Francesco Friedrich kicked off his 2014/2015 campaign in Lake Placid with a gold medal for Germany, already bettering what was an awful start to last season. Friedrich tied for the fastest run in Run 1 with American Nick Cunningham, but Cunningham just didn’t have luck on his side. In Run 2, making time up on the lower portion of the track, Cunningham ran over a hat, which likely cost him at least a silver medal, if not a chance at gold. Oskars Melbardis benefited, taking silver for Latvia.

It was a solid say for the Swiss, as Beat Hefti and Rico Peter took fourth and fifth, while American Steven Holcomb continues to rehab a torn Achilles tear, finishing sixth. Codie Bascue finished 13th in his first World Cup race in Lake Placid.

The Canadians struggled south of the border, with Justin Kripps leading the way in seventh, while teammate Chris Spring finished 14th. Lamin Deen took 16th for Great Britain.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Friedrich/Margis	GER	4	55.39	55.75	1:51.14
2	Melbardis/Dreiskens	LAT	9	55.42	55.89	1:51.31
3	Cunningham/Wickline	USA	5	55.39	56.01	1:51.40
4	Hefti/Baumann	SUI	3	55.56	55.94	1:51.50
5	Peter/van der Zijde	SUI	1	55.68	55.94	1:51.62
6	Holcomb/Olsen	USA	10	55.54	56.21	1:51.75
7	Kripps/Brown	CAN	2	55.63	56.22	1:51.85
8	Won/Seo	KOR	13	55.83	56.04	1:51.87
8	Arndt/Bluhm	GER	7	55.74	56.13	1:51.87
10	Kasjanov/Mokrousov	RUS	8	55.76	56.13	1:51.89
11	Walther/Huebenbecker	GER	12	55.94	56.18	1:52.12
12	Kibermanis/Leiboms	LAT	11	55.99	56.18	1:52.17
13	Bascue/Harrison	USA	17	55.85	56.40	1:52.25
14	Spring/Kopacz	CAN	6	56.03	56.38	1:52.41
15	Zakharov/Chubakov	RUS	18	56.49	56.45	1:52.94
16	Deen/Smallin	GBR	15	56.64	56.32	1:52.96
17	Kim/Suk	KOR	14	56.48	56.65	1:53.13
18	Stulnev/Gnezdilov	RUS	16	56.44	56.97	1:53.41
19	Bindilatti/Pessoni	BRA	19	57.02	57.22	1:54.24