Olsen Wins Four-Man NAC at Park City

From Park City, USA

(Nov. 30, 2017) Justin Olsen won his second race in two days, winning in the fifth North America’s Cup four-man race of the season.

Nick Cunningham carried a .1 second advantage over Olsen going into the second heat. Olsen put down the fast run in the second heat, while Cunningham came down .2 seconds back, falling back to second and giving the win to Olsen and the United States another 1-2 finish.

Brazilian Edson Bindilatti finished third, moving up from sixth place with the second-fastest run in the second heat. Elana Meyers Taylor finished fourth, while Geoff Gadbois finished fifth to round out the American effort. Yijn Shao finished sixth.

Taylor Austin finished ninth, while Canadian teammate Jeff McKeen finished 11th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Olsen / Weinstock / Langton / C. Fogt USA 4.74 4.76 48.15 48.40 1:36.55
2 Cunningham / Valdes / Kinney / Michener USA 4.83 4.89 48.05 48.60 1:36.65
3 Bindilatti / Pessoni / Martins / da Silva BRA 4.89 4.91 48.57 48.54 1:37.11
4 Meyers Taylor / Reed / Taylor / Abdul-Saboor USA 4.95 4.94 48.48 48.69 1:37.17
5 Gadbois / Del Duca / B. Fogt / Allison USA 5.00 4.99 48.48 48.85 1:37.33
6 Shao / Wang / Li / Shi CHN 5.04 5.00 48.55 48.94 1:37.49
7 Mata / Reidy / Mari / Smith AUS 5.05 5.04 48.88 49.07 1:37.95
8 Austin / Gray / King-Fileen / Joyce CAN 5.22 5.21 49.21 49.27 1:38.48
9 Jin / Li / Mu / Sun CHN 5.05 5.04 49.23 49.30 1:38.53
10 McKeen / McCue / Lundrigen / Glaude CAN 5.39 5.36 50.22 50.17 1:40.39
11 Suk / Ji / Lee / Jang KOR DNS