Nolte Wins 2nd Career Women’s Bobsled Race in Winterberg

From Winterberg, GER

Dec. 14, 2019 – Laura Nolte won her second career IBSF European Cup gold medal in Winterberg, cruising to victory by .71 over teammate Anna Köhler.

Nolte and brakewoman Deborah Levi were the fastest off the top, and quickest at every split on their way gold.

Köhler held off two solid runs by Romanian standout Andreea Grecu to win silver, while Grecu took bronze.

Anne Lobenstein helped put three German sleds in the top four with a fourth place run, missing out on bronze by just .01. An Vannieuwenhuyse finished just .04 out of the medals in fifth, while Margot Bosh finished sixth.

British slider Mica McNeill finished seventh, while Olympic gold medalist brakewoman Lisa buckwitz finished eighth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Nolte / Levi GER 6 5.59 5.58 57.66 57.52 1:55.18
2 Köhler / Seer GER 7 5.79 5.82 58.13 57.76 1:55.89
3 Grecu / Gheorghe ROU 9 5.75 5.74 58.17 57.86 1:56.03
4 Lobenstein / Galander GER 12 5.74 5.71 58.29 57.75 1:56.04
5 Vannieuwenhuyse / Aerts BEL 13 5.78 5.80 58.18 57.89 1:56.07
6 Boch / Senechal FRA 8 5.87 5.80 58.35 57.86 1:56.21
7 McNeill / Williamson GBR 5 5.93 5.93 58.48 58.08 1:56.54
8 Buckwitz / Leitz GER 17 5.70 5.77 58.52 58.07 1:58.59
9 Walker / Blizzard AUS 3 5.91 5.91 58.73 58.05 1:56.78
10 Hasler / Naef SUI 4 5.82 5.81 58.67 58.32 1:56.99
11 Osipenko / Egoshenko RUS 11 5.81 5.88 58.36 58.68 1:57.04
12 Makarova / Iokst RUS 14 5.86 5.88 58.63 58.42 1:57.05
13 Hubrecht / van Petegem BEL 1 5.98 5.98 58.81 58.40 1:57.21
14 Andreutti / Taini ITA 16 6.04 6.05 59.88 59.31 1:59.19
15 Smolarek / Slupecka POL 2 6.39 6.29 60.35 60.84 2:01.19
16 Vlad / Schoner ROU 15 6.34 6.18 63.57 62.24 2:05.81
DNF Vicenzino / Schenk ITA 10 5.91 5.87 59.19 DNF