Klots Wins Parabobsled Gold in St. Moritz

From St. Moritz, SUI

Jan. 24, 2020 – Arturs Klots had the fast time in both heats on his way to a .51 second victory over Italian Fabrizio Caselli.

Klots was the quickest at every split in both heats. In the first heat he opened up a .37 advantage over Lonnie Bissonnette, .47 ahead of Caselli. On the second run Klots edged out Caselli in the heat to take gold.

Caselli edged out Bissonnette for silver by .02, with Bissonnette taking bronze.

Great Britain’s Corie Mapp finished fourth, ahead of Sebastian Westin-Vippola in fifth and Israel Blanco in sixth.

Despite Mapp finishing fourth, he continues to hold a strong lead in the World Cup points, 74 ahead of Bissonnette. Klots sits third, while Westin-Vippola, Christopher Stewart, and Caselli round out the top six.

Guillermo Castillo was the top-finishing American in 14th, five spots ahead of Sarah Frazier-Kim in 19th. Canadian Lee Thibeault finished 18th.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Arturs Klots	LAT	10	1:14.23	1:13.86	2:28.09
2	Fabrizio Caselli	ITA	12	1:14.70	1:13.90	2:28.60
3	Lonnie Bissonnettte	CAN	17	1:14.60	1:14.02	2:28.62
4	Corie Mapp	GBR	1	1:14.97	1:13.97	2:28.94
5	Sebastian Westin-Vippola	SWE	20	1:14.75	1:14.31	2:29.06
6	Israel Blacno	ESP	4	1:15.00	1:14.47	2:29.47
7	Jonas Frei	SUI	19	1:15.18	1:14.61	2:29.79
8	Flavio Menardi	ITA	15	1:15.28	1:14.63	2:29.91
9	Guro Konstantin Fronsdal	NOR	16	1:15.04	1:14.90	2:29.94
10	Christopher Stewart	SUI	2	1:15.43	1:14.75	2:30.18
11	Dave Nicholls	ISR	5	1:15.58	1:15.07	2:30.65
12	Alvils Brants	LAT	13	1:15.36	1:15.34	2:30.70
13	Mykola Levkun	UKR	9	1:15.88	1:14.93	2:30.81
14	Guillermo Castillo	USA	11	1:15.59	1:15.29	2:30.88
15	Alexander Feretos	GER	14	1:16.43	1:14.77	2:31.20
16	Ziva Lavrinc	SLO	7	1:15.91	1:16.11	2:32.02
17	Hermann Ellmauer	AUT	3	1:16.95	1:15.84	2:32.79
18	Lee Thibeault	CAN	6	1:17.08	1:16.85	2:33.93
19	Sarah Frazier-Kim	USA	8	1:18.01	1:16.93	2:34.94
DNS	Steven Jacobo	USA	18			DNS