Lochner Takes EC Gold in Altenberg

From Altenberg, GER

(Dec. 7, 2018) – One day after just missing a gold medal in Altenberg, Johannes Lochner came back to cruise to a 2-man bobsled victory.

Lochner was the quickest at every split along the German track on his way to a .73 second advantage over the 2016/2017 European Cup champion, Richard Oelsner.

Mihai Tentea tied a career-best finish with a bronze medal, the Romanian’s first since 2017 in La Plagne.

Rounding out the top six were Jonas Jannusch of Germany, Swiss pilot Simon Friedli, and Russian Ivan Linyuchev.

Race 1 winner Romain Heinrich finished seventh.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Lochner / Bauer	GER	5.23	5.20	56.09	56.49	1:52.58
2	Oelsner / Knötzsch	GER	5.36	5.31	56.50	56.81	1:53.31
3	Tentea / Daroczi	ROU	5.36	5.35	56.54	56.96	1:53.50
4	Jannusch / Hertel	GER	5.34	5.32	56.74	56.78	1:53.52
5	Friedli / Jones	SUI	5.37	5.32	57.02	56.72	1:53.74
6	Linyuchev / Tarasov	RUS	5.43	5.44	56.83	56.96	1:53.79
7	Heinrich / Hauterville	FRA	5.36	5.33	56.56	57.36	1:53.92
8	Pihale / Scherer	GER	5.38	5.34	57.39	56.96	1:54.35
9	Follador / Crotta	SUI	5.55	5.55	57.11	57.35	1:54.46
10	Suk / Jang	KOR	5.44	5.47	57.51	57.16	1:54.67
11	Popov / Korotkuv	RUS	5.44	5.47	57.51	57.16	1:54.71
12	Kuonen / Dörig	SUI	5.34	5.24	58.14	57.32	1:55.46
13	Gaitiukevich / Zakhryapin	RUS	5.29	5.29	58.22	57.49	1:55.71
14	Voloskov / Gura	RUS	5.65	5.62	58.61	58.08	1:56.69
15	Geiger / Andergassen	AUT	5.78	5.77	58.09	58.81	1:56.90
16	Sasaki / Murakami	JPN	5.51	5.45	58.94	58.32	1:57.26
16	Kaufmanis / Vidzus	LAT	5.48	5.47	59.13	58.13	1:57.26
18	Shinohara / Kaneko	JPN	5.51	5.49	59.00	58.40	1:57.40
19	Helvijs / Pirogs	LAT	5.47	5.41	59.33	58.84	1:58.17
20	Takahashi / Homma	JPN	5.54		59.70
21	Nagell / Nagell	NOR	6.42		60.43
DNF	Moulinier / Tanner	SUI	5.39		DNF
DNS	Baumgartner / Variola	ITA	5.47		57.57	DNF
DNS	Jordan / Podstata	CZE			DNS