Bracher Wins Second EC 2-Man in a Row

From Lillehammer, NOR

(Nov. 12, 2017) Clemens Bracher won his second bobsled race in a row, this time by .32 over Germany’s Bennet Buchmüller.

Bracher once again had the fast run in both heats, taking a .17 lead into the second run over Buchmüller. On his second run, Bracher was only fourth quickest, but made up ground throughout the run to finish with the quickest run in the second heat to win his second career European Cup event in as many days.

Buchmüller held off a charge by teammate Christoph Hafer to take silver, while Hafer’s second-quickest run in the second heat was enough to take bronze.

Polish slider Mateusz Luty finished fourth, ahead of Austrian Markus Treichl and French slider Romain Heinrich, who finished fifth and sixth respectively.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Bracher / Kuonen SUI 5.02 5.04 51.66 51.92 1:43.58
2 Buchmüller / Ammour GER 5.06 5.03 51.83 52.07 1:43.90
3 Hafer / Schneider GER 5.13 5.10 51.98 52.01 1:43.99
4 Luty / Tylkowski POL 5.10 5.10 51.91 52.19 1:44.10
5 Treichl / Bassey AUT 5.09 5.10 52.02 52.24 1:44.26
6 Heinrich / Bytebier FRA 5.16 5.14 52.34 52.09 1:44.43
7 Dvorak / Nosek CZE 5.07 5.03 52.20 52.25 1:44.45
8 Oelsner / Ebert GER 5.13 5.12 52.22 52.33 1:44.55
9 Bredikhin / Gaitiukevich RUS 5.14 5.16 52.24 52.37 1:44.61
10 Nolte / Bauer GER 5.06 5.02 52.28 52.34 1:44.62
11 Tentea / Ciprian ROU 5.13 5.10 52.11 52.52 1:44.63
12 Popov / Korotkov RUS 5.15 5.17 52.26 52.51 1:44.77
13 den Ouden / van der Geest NED 5.18 5.19 52.49 52.53 1:45.02
14 Berzins / Kaufmanis LAT 5.10 5.10 52.48 52.73 1:45.21
15 Vogt / Dörig SUI 5.19 5.20 52.62 52.65 1:45.27
16 Vrba / Egydy CZE 5.09 5.11 52.61 52.77 1:45.38
17 Matousek / Fendek SVK 5.19 5.19 52.75 52.89 1:45.64
18 Grigore / Craciun ROU 5.20 5.21 52.83 52.93 1:45.76
19 Stano / Miedzik POL 5.20 5.21 53.09 52.89 1:45.98
20 Radenovic / Vujanic SRB 5.48 5.35 53.03 53.18 1:46.21
21 Zakrzewski / Grudzien POL 5.33 53.49
22 Nagell / Eichholzer NOR 5.88 54.22