Eggert & Benecken Win Third Straight

From Altenberg, GER

(Dec. 2, 2017) The German duo of Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken won their third straight FIL World Cup event, this time edging Austrians Peter Penz & Georg Fischler in the process.

Eggert & Benecken were the quickest duo in both heats on the strength of stronger starts than anyone else in the top five and nearly flawless bottom halves of the Altenberg track. Neither Penz & Fischler or Robin Geueke & David Gamm could match Eggert & Benecken’s starts, and while Geueke & Gamm had a second-fastest final run, it wasn’t nearly enough to keep up with the gold medalists.

Sprint World Cup winners Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt finished fourth, only .003 out of the medals. Oskars Gudramovics & Peters Kalninis of Latvia finished fifth, while Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier of Italy finished a career-best sixth.

Americans Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman struggled in their first run, but jumped four spots to finished 11th in their second run with the fifth best time in the second heat. Teammates Jacob Hyrns & Anthony Espinoza finished 15th, while Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 20th.

Canadians Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished 22nd.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Eggert / Benecken GER 21 5.772 5.789 41.730 41.809 1:23.539
2 Penz / Fischler AUT 4 5.819 5.821 41.817 41.991 1:23.808
3 Geueke / Gamm GER 22 5.854 5.849 42.047 41.944 1:23.991
4 Wendl / Arlt GER 23 5.802 5.799 41.934 42.060 1:23.994
5 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 12 5.833 5.828 41.948 42.168 1:24.116
6 Nagler / Malleier ITA 10 5.773 5.792 41.949 42.210 1:24.159
7 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 13 5.799 5.800 42.025 42.170 1:24.195
8 Steu / Koller AUT 18 5.820 5.859 42.054 42.200 1:24.254
9 Denisev / Antonov RUS 14 5.801 5.816 42.074 42.200 1:24.274
10 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 11 5.980 5.877 42.048 42.243 1:24.291
11 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 19 5.856 5.864 42.159 42.162 1:24.321
12 Sics / Sics LAT 20 5.846 5.852 42.078 42.246 1:24.324
13 Rieder / Rastner ITA 24 5.786 5.790 42.157 42.176 1:24.333
14 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 9 5.786 5.791 42.061 42.292 1:24.353
15 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 17 5.809 5.830 42.142 42.421 1:24.563
16 Putins / Marcinkevics LAT 6 5.859 5.855 42.268 42.307 1:24.575
17 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 16 5.849 5.867 42.182 42.398 1:24.580
18 Park / Cho KOR 7 5.908 5.888 42.300 42.316 1:24.616
19 Broz / Broz CZE 2 5.879 5.886 42.225 42.400 1:24.625
20 Krewson / Sherk USA 8 5.796 5.840 42.431 42.249 1:24.680
21 Solcansky / Stuchlak SVK 3 5.886 5.864 42.268 42.425 1:24.693
22 Walker / Snith CAN 15 5.759 5.875 42.541 42.466 1:25.007
23 Kvicala / Kudera CZE 5 5.954 5.985 42.510 42.628 1:25.138
DNF Atodiresei / Musei ROU 1 5.965 5.994 42.565 42.686 1:25.251