FIBT World Cup - Round 6 - Four-Man Bobsled

From St. Moritz, Switzerland

With the field so packed after heat 1, it was going to take a special run by someone to take the gold. Max Arndt was the driver with that run, setting a season-track record and winning by .2 over Manuel Machata in the process. Edgars Maskalans came into heat 2 in sixth place, but had a huge start and equally solid run to move up to third and a bronze medal.

Steven Holcomb and USA1 had one small bump on the way down, but with the field so tight, the run left him .7 out of a medal, tied with Alexsandr Zubkov for fourth.

Latvian Oskars Melbardis and American John Napier both benefited from solid second runs, with Melbardis finishing from 11th, and Napier finishing 12th from 16th.

Pos	Pilot	Nation	Draw	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Arndt	GER1	8	65.35	65.16	2:10.56
2	Machata	GER2	7	65.43	65.29	2:10.72
3	Maskalans	LAT1	5	65.47	65.28	2:10.75
4	Holcomb	USA1	1	65.36	65.46	2:10.82
4	Zubkov	RUS1	4	65.44	65.38	2:10.82
6	Hefti	SUI3	27	65.44	65.41	2:10.85
7	Rush	CAN1	14	65.54	65.41	2:10.95
8	Melbardis	LAT2	2	65.64	65.35	2:10.99
9	Baumann	SUI1	6	65.56	65.63	2:11.19
10	Friedrich	GER3	12	65.52	65.68	2:11.20
11	Van Calker	NED1	9	65.57	65.71	2:11.28
12	Napier	USA2	11	65.89	65.61	2:11.50
13	Kasjanov	RUS2	10	65.75	65.80	2:11.55
14	Jackson	GBR1	15	65.78	65.78	2:11.56
15	Loacker	AUT1	3	65.85	65.81	2:11.66
16	Servelle	MON1	26	65.83	65.86	2:11.69
17	Galliker	SUI2	20	65.91	65.82	2:11.73
18	Kupczyk	POL1	19	65.92	65.97	2:11.89
19	Vrba	CZE1	13	66.06	65.92	2:11.98
20	Zarharov	RUS3	17	65.97	66.13	2:12.10
21	Bertazzo	ITA1	16	66.13
22	Istrate	ROU1	18	66.19
23	Luty	POL2	23	66.33
24	Jagnesak	SVK1	22	66.56
25	Grigore	ROU2	21	66.69
26	Radjenovic	SRB1	24	66.90
27	Golder	GBR2	25	67.47