{"id":2236,"date":"2015-02-15T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2015-02-15T08:01:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T13:01:54","slug":"20142015-fibt-world-cup-four-man-bobsled-race-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Sochi, Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The stand-out World Cup season for Oskars Melbardis came to a head in Sochi, where the two-man World Cup champ also added four-man and combined championships to his resume. \u00a0The Latvian came into the second run a .08\u00a0behind home-track slider Alexander Kasjanov. Kasjanov’s second run was a tenth of a second slower than Melbardis, though, giving Melbardis another gold medal. German four-man specialist Max Arndt took third after a crash for Rico Peter dropped him from 3rd to 15th.<\/p>\n

Justin Kripps continued his mastery of the Sochi track in fourth, while Nikita Zakharov took fifth on home ice.<\/p>\n

Nick Cunningham led the way for the Americans with a seventh place run. Steven Holcomb finished ninth and Elana Meyers Taylor 13th to round out the American effort. Chris Spring made it two sleds in the top 10 for Canada in tenth while Kaillie Humphries finished 14th<\/p>\n

Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/strong><\/td>\nNames<\/strong><\/td>\nNation<\/strong><\/td>\nBib<\/strong><\/td>\nRun 1<\/strong><\/td>\nRun 2<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nMelbardis\/Dreiskens\/Vilkaste\/Strenga<\/td>\nLAT<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n54.86<\/td>\n55.17<\/td>\n1:50.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nKasjanov\/Huzin\/Pushkarev\/Zaytsev<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n54.78<\/td>\n55.27<\/td>\n1:50.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nArndt\/R\u00f6diger\/Heber\/Putze<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n55.20<\/td>\n55.47<\/td>\n1:50.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nKripps\/Randall\/Barnett\/Coakwell<\/td>\nCAN<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n55.23<\/td>\n55.62<\/td>\n1:50.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nZakharov\/Mokrousov\/Antukh\/Kondratenko<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n55.38<\/td>\n55.55<\/td>\n1:50.93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nWalther\/Bluhm\/Bredau\/Poser<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n55.76<\/td>\n55.35<\/td>\n1:51.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nCunningham\/Clark\/Harrison\/Reed<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n55.39<\/td>\n55.73<\/td>\n1:51.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nStulnev\/Neustroev\/Selikhov\/Soldatenkov<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n55.54<\/td>\n55.60<\/td>\n1:51.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHolcomb\/Olsen\/Valdes\/Michener<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n55.83<\/td>\n55.69<\/td>\n1:51.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSpring\/Plug\/Kopacz\/Kirkpatrick<\/td>\nCAN<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n55.95<\/td>\n55.64<\/td>\n1:51.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nLochner\/Gerhardi\/Kagerhuber\/Paasche<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n56.10<\/td>\n55.96<\/td>\n1:52.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nRadjenovic\/Vujanic\/Krajisnik\/Bundalo<\/td>\nSRB<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n56.24<\/td>\n56.12<\/td>\n1:52.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMeyers Taylor\/Wickline\/Cremin\/Adams<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n56.26<\/td>\n45.18<\/td>\n1:52.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nHumphries\/Dale\/McClelland\/Poloniato<\/td>\nCAN<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n56.42<\/td>\n56.04<\/td>\n1:52.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nPeter\/van der Zijde\/Amrhein\/Badraun<\/td>\nSUI<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n55.07<\/td>\n58.64<\/td>\n1:53.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Sochi, Russia The stand-out World Cup season for Oskars Melbardis came to a head in Sochi, where the two-man World Cup champ also added four-man and combined championships to his resume. \u00a0The Latvian came […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-bobsled-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup - Four-Man Bobsled - Race 8 :: Sliding On Ice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ken\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ken\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db2f58b66489f73e3146486ecc55e6fd\"},\"headline\":\"2014\\\/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 8\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-15T13:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-15T13:01:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Bobsled News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236\",\"name\":\"2014\\\/2015 FIBT World Cup - Four-Man Bobsled - Race 8 :: Sliding On Ice\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-15T13:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-15T13:01:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?p=2236#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2014\\\/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 8\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sliding on Ice\",\"description\":\"Bobsled - Skeleton - Luge News and Information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sliding On Ice\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/UpdatedLogoFull-Copy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/UpdatedLogoFull-Copy.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Sliding On Ice\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db2f58b66489f73e3146486ecc55e6fd\",\"name\":\"ken\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ken\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.kenchilds.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.slidingonice.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup - Four-Man Bobsled - Race 8 :: Sliding On Ice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ken","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236"},"author":{"name":"ken","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db2f58b66489f73e3146486ecc55e6fd"},"headline":"2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 8","datePublished":"2015-02-15T13:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2015-02-15T13:01:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236"},"wordCount":243,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Bobsled News","News"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236","url":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236","name":"2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup - Four-Man Bobsled - Race 8 :: Sliding On Ice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-02-15T13:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2015-02-15T13:01:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=2236#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2014\/2015 FIBT World Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race 8"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/","name":"Sliding on Ice","description":"Bobsled - Skeleton - Luge News and Information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#organization","name":"Sliding On Ice","url":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/UpdatedLogoFull-Copy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/UpdatedLogoFull-Copy.png","width":900,"height":300,"caption":"Sliding On Ice"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db2f58b66489f73e3146486ecc55e6fd","name":"ken","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0027e54fe883c8dde9e2e7d4a326bd2495d4a336ccb3d3258b758fde87ad4f0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ken"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.kenchilds.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}