2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 7

From Lake Placid, USA

Results from the seventh 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup two-man bobsled race, held January 20, 2017.

Nick Cunningham cruised to victory, over a second ahead of teammate Hunter Church.

The 2014 Olympian was quickest in both heats, expanding his first run lead by twofold to win by  1.09. Church finished with a silver, just ahead of Canadian Taylor Austin, who finished with a bronze medal.

It was a great showing for the Americans, with Geoffrey Gadbois finishing in the top five with a fifth place finish to help put all three American sleds in the top five.

Edson Bindilatti was the only non-North American in the top five in fourth, while Brazilian teammate Christiano Paes finished sixth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Cunningham / Gilsleider USA 5.29 5.30 56.10 55.97 1:52.07
2 Church / Taylor USA 5.35 5.39 56.38 56.78 1:53.16
3 Taylor / Matton CAN 5.43 5.42 56.54 56.75 1:53.29
4 Bindilatti / Martins BRA 5.27 5.29 56.57 56.98 1:53.55
5 Gadbois / Schrodt USA 5.25 5.28 56.73 57.02 1:53.75
6 Paes / Ribeiro BRA 5.44 5.44 57.32 57.41 1:54.73
7 McKeen / Lickers CAN 5.64 5.67 57.54 57.96 1:55.50
8 Fenlator-Victorian / Dixon JAM 5.37 5.34 57.64 57.88 1:55.52
9 Shen / Wang CHN 5.51 5.51 57.78 57.85 1:55.63
10 Shao / Mu CHN 5.44 5.48 57.89 59.51 1:57.40
11 Lan / Feng CHN 5.66 5.70 58.48 59.22 1:57.70
12 Reid / Leslie CAN 6.10 6.26 59.01 59.86 1:58.87
13 Morgan / Myers JAM 5.55 5.59 61.57 58.39 1:59.96
14 Suk / Jang KOR 5.24 DNF