2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup - Two-Man Bobsled

From Whistler, CAN

Results from the third two-man bobsled race on the 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup schedule, held November 23, 2016.

Alexander Kasjanov took the first Russian NAC gold with a quick second run to edge Swiss slider Rico Peter, in a race that saw over 1/3 of the field with World Cup experience. Peter held on for silver, just ahead of Russian Maxim Andrianov.

Koreans Donghyun Kim and Yunjong Won finished fourth and fifth with each recording the fastest push in one heat, while Alexey Stulnev finished sixth for Russia. Nick Cunningham was the top-finishing American in eighth.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Kasjanov / Pushkarev	RUS	4.92	4.94	53.41	53.15	1:46.56
2	Peter / Amrhein	SUI	4.92	4.92	53.28	53.51	1:46.79
3	Andrianov / Malykh	RUS	4.93	4.91	53.42	53.51	1:46.93
4	Kim / Jun	KOR	4.86	4.84	53.51	53.43	1:46.94
5	Won / Jun	KOR	4.86	4.85	53.80	53.60	1:47.40
6	Stulnev / Kondratenko	RUS	4.90	4.94	53.81	53.76	1:47.57
7	Tasker / Blanchet-Dufresne	GBR	4.85	4.86	53.81	53.95	1:47.76
8	Cunningham / Gilsleider	USA	4.94	4.94	54.13	53.83	1:47.96
9	Suk / Jang	KOR	4.93	4.92	53.76	54.26	1:48.02
9	de Bruin / Veenker	NED	4.95	4.94	53.93	54.09	1:48.02
11	Deen / Simpson	GBR	4.97	4.96	53.97	54.13	1:48.10
12	Gadbois / Cruce	USA	4.97	4.99	54.53	54.56	1:49.09
13	Mata / Nichols	AUS	5.06	5.04	54.95	54.17	1:49.12
14	Austin / Frehlich	CAN	5.07	5.13	54.78	54.84	1:49.62
15	Malyk / Sommer	CAN	5.10	5.21	55.11	54.68	1:49.79
16	Bindilatti / Martins	BRA	4.99	5.01	55.82	54.54	1:50.36
17	Reid / Kucheravy	CAN	5.42	5.43	55.88	56.31	1:52.19
18	Paes / Silva	BRA	4.97	5.01	57.07	55.65	1:52.72
19	McKeen / Hamilton	CAN	5.28	5.33	56.13	56.71	1:52.84
DNF	Grassi / Cawthron	ISV	5.88		DNF