Mapp Wins First Parabobsled Gold of the Season

From Lillehammer, NOR

Dec. 8, 2019 – Corie Mapp won his first gold of the 2019/2020 IBSF Parabobsled World Cup with a big slide on his second run to take the win.

Mapp came into the second heat just out of the medals in fourth, but only .1 out of the gold medal position. On his second run Mapp put down the fastest run of the heat, and his 58.12 was a time nobody could come close to, giving him the victory.

Race 1 winner Lonnie Bissonnette finished second on the day despite neither of his runs being in the top three of their respective heats. Guro Fronsdal of Norway finished third on his home track, falling from first after the first heat.

Arturs Klots, Sebastian Westin-Vippola, and Fabrizio Caselli rounded out the top six.

Guillermo Castillo finished just out of the top six in seventh, while his American teammates Frederick Evans, Steven Jacobo, Tammy Landeen, and Sarah Frazier-Kim finished 13th, 16, 17th, and 18th respectively.

Lee Thibeault finished 21st in the second Canadian sled.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Corie Mapp	GBR	11	58.15	58.12	1:56.27
2	Lonnie Bissonnette	CAN	12	58.17	58.36	1:56.53
3	Guro Konstantin Fronsdal	NOR	14	58.05	58.51	1:56.56
4	Arturs Klots	LAT	10	58.05	58.51	1:56.57
5	Sebastian Westin-Vippola	SWE	1	58.28	58.31	1:56.59
6	Fabrizio Caselli	ITA	3	58.09	58.51	1:56.60
7	Guillermo Castillo	USA	20	58.12	58.51	1:56.63
8	Christopher Stewart	SUI	2	58.29	58.48	1:56.77
9	Pier Alberto Buccoliero	ITA	6	58.43	58.59	1:57.02
10	Jonas Frei	SUI	14	58.56	58.53	1:57.09
11	Flavio Menardi	ITA	17	58.50	58.89	1:57.39
12	Nikolai Johann	GER	8	58.87	59.03	1:57.90
13	Fredrick Evans	USA	16	58.59	59.35	1:57.94
14	Israel Blanco	ESP	5	58.79	59.17	1:57.96
15	Michael Stevens	RSA	22	58.84	59.13	1:57.97
16	Steven Jacobo	USA	7	59.16	59.19	1:58.35
17	Tammy Landeen	USA	21	59.25	59.72	1:58.97
18	Sarah Frazier-Kim	USA	18	59.43	59.65	1:59.08
19	Mykola Levkun	UKR	19	58.66	60.64	1:59.30
20	Ziva Lavrinc	SLO	4	59.79	59.82	1:59.61
21	Lee Thibeault	CAN	9	60.04	59.66	1:59.70
22	Geoffrey Ollis	AUS	15	59.86	59.90	1:59.76