2014/2015 FIBT World Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 3

From Altenberg, GER

Beat Hefti gets his first gold medal of the season in Altenberg, Germany. Hefti’s first run was a big one, and he needed it as Oskars Melbardis put down the fastest time in Run 2, closing the otherwise large gap to .08 from gold to silver.  Nico Walther, on home ice, takes bronze.  Rico Peter continues a great season, just missing out on his first ever World Cup medal, taking fourth, while Francesco Friedrich takes fifth.

The youngest member of the American team was also the quickest. Codie Bascue finished seventh after two very consistent runs.  Teammates Steven Holcomb and Nick Cunningham finished 13th and 15th, respectively.

Justin Kripps had a very good second run, putting him in ninth place, topping the effort for Canada.  Chris Spring comes back to the track he had a vicious crash a few years back at, and finished 16th after a very solid second run.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Hefti/Baumann SUI 2 56.04 57.13 1:53.17
3 Melbardis/Drieskens LAT 9 56.42 56.83 1:53.25
2 Walther/Bluhm GER 1 56.24 57.17 1:53.41
4 Peter/va der Zijde SUI 8 56.52 57.02 1:53.54
5 Friedrich/Margis GER 5 56.62 57.10 1:53.72
6 Kasjanov/Pushkarev RUS 7 56.72 57.14 1:53.86
7 Bascue/Valdes USA 3 57.18 57.14 1:54.32
8 Kibermanis/Leiboms LAT 12 57.32 57.03 1:54.35
9 Kripps/Coakwell CAN 4 57.33 57.03 1:54.36
10 Andrianov/Antukh RUS 17 57.31 57.07 1:54.38
11 Bertazzo/Costa ITA 13 57.24 57.15 1:54.39
12 Klammer/Franke GER 14 57.14 57.25 1:54.39
13 Holcomb/Victorian USA 10 57.35 57.22 1:54.57
14 Stulnev/Zaytsev RUS 15 57.54 57.08 1:54.62
15 Cunningham/Harrison USA 6 57.42 57.23 1:54.65
16 Spring/Plug CAN 11 57.62 57.15 1:54.77
17 Costerg/Heinrch FRA 16 57.46 57.64 1:55.10
18 Vrba/Suchy CZE 19 57.96 57.43 1:55.39
19 Luty/Tylkowski POL 23 57.93 57.47 1:55.40
20 Maier/Sammer AUT 18 58.03 57.61 1:55.64
21 Gschnitzer/Ughi ITA 21 58.23
22 Grigore/Craciun ROU 22 58.37
23 Treichl/Esterhammer AUT 20 58.38
24 Biddulph/Smallin GBR 24 60.41