Hall Wins NAC 4-man Opener in Whistler

From Whistler, CAN

(November 12, 2022) – Brad Hall and his four-man bobsled team beat out a small but strong field to win his first four-man bobsled race of the 2022/2023 season.

Hall and his crew set the quick start and had the best downtime in both heats on their way to a .17 second victory over the United States’ Frank Del Duca. The gold for Hall was his first ever in North American Cup, a tour where he has 15 starts spread across three seasons.

Del Duca’s silver came at the expense of North American rival Taylor Austin. Del Duca’s squad out-pushed Austin’s by a total of .15, which was more than the .08 that the two teams were separated by in the race. The medals for Del Duca and Austin continue a four-man bobsled NAC streak of medals for both, with Del Duca on every four-man podium since February 2021 and Austin on every one since December 2019.

Swiss pilots Cedric Follador and Michael Vogt finished fourth and fifth respectively, while four-time Olympian Christopher Spring finished sixth in the second Canadian sled.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Hall / Gulliver / Lawrence / Willicombe GBR 6 4.84 4.84 51.22 51.42 1:42.64
2 Del Duca / Adams / Abdul-Saboor / Mitchell USA 1 4.89 4.89 51.26 51.55 1:42.81
3 Austin / Gray / De Souza / Caixeiro CAN 2 4.95 4.98 51.33 51.56 1:42.89
4 Follador / Hufschmid / Juillard / Mariani SUI 5 4.90 4.91 51.51 51.53 1:43.04
5 Vogt / Weber / Dörig / Orsinger SUI 3 4.97 5.09 51.57 51.73 1:43.30
6 Spring / Gosselin / Fraser / M’Pindou CAN 4 5.23 5.20 51.57 52.12 1:43.69