FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Women’s Bobsled

From Calgary, Canada

Home ice has paid dividends for Canada once again.  The CAN1 sled of Humphries/Ciochetti takes the gold over Schneiderheinze/Thöene and Kiriasis/Lammert. All three had near-perfect runs, but the advantage Humphries brought into heat 2 from her first drive is what put her over the top.  The win makes it a sweep of Canadian races for Humphries.

The Upperton/Brown team takes fourth, just ahead of Martini/Tischer.  The fifth place finish is plenty good enough for Cathleen Martini to win the 2011/2012 title.

“It’s a really good feeling after this many years of hard work.  It’s a really great end of the season,” an emotional Martini said of her season.

Great run for the Americans in heat 2, with Bree Schaaf moving up a couple spots to seventh and Jamie Greubel moving up one spot to 12th.  Megan Hill finishes 16th in just her second ever World Cup start.

Pos Pos (H1) Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 1 Humphries/Ciochetti CAN 1 10 56.62 56.66 1:53.28
2 2 Schneiderheinze/Thöene GER 3 3 56.72 56.74 1:53.46
3 3 Kiriasis/Lammert GER 1 4 56.75 56.79 1:53.54
4 4 Uppterton/Brown CAN 2 15 57.01 56.93 1:53.94
5 4 Martini/Tischer GER 2 7 57.01 57.11 1:53.94
6 6 Walker/Cooke GBR 1 9 57.05 57.11 1:54.16
7 9 Schaaf/Azevedo USA 1 6 57.40 57.16 1:54.56
8 7 Meyer/Walser SUI 1 1 57.26 57.54 1:54.80
9 7 Fedorova/Ismailova RUS 2 2 57.26 57.62 1:54.88
10 10 Tambovtseva/Udobkina RUS 1 5 57.52 57.66 1:55.18
11 11 Hengster/Versen AUT 1 8 57.64 57.83 1:55.47
12 13 Greubel/Bernstein USA 2 13 57.90 57.65 1:55.55
13 12 Radjenovic/Hedge AUS 1 11 57.85 57.92 1:55.77
14 14 Tokovaya/Pahmutova RUS 3 12 58.02 58.01 1:56.03
15 15 Patterson/O’Brien CAN 3 14 58.25 58.00 1:56.25
16 16 Hill/Vogt USA 3 16 59.14 59.51 1:58.65