Last weekend, the first stage 2022 of the Bobsleigh world cup, on the Sigulda trail, in Latvia. Two men’s competitions took place (both in the two men) and two females (in monobob and two women), with four different winners.
In the males, the first race saw a break in taboo. For the first time since December 2020, the German Francisco friedrich was not the winner of a World Cup stage. Russians Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Mikhail Mordasov with a total time of 1: 39.23. money for Brad Hall and Greg Cackett from Great Britain and the Bronze to Benjamin Maier and Markus Sammer from Austria.
Fridrich, next to Thorsten Margis, managed to get back on top in the second test, when they won with 1: 39.16. Brad hall took second place again, but this time with Nick gleeson With your breaker. latvians Oscar Kibermanis and Matiss Mikins they took bronze.
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| Friedrich and Margis in the second round of the stage – Photo: Vietrus Lacis / IBSF |
Among the women, without the main Germans on the tour, the victories were North American. In monobob, the Canadian Christine de Bruin won gold with 1: 48.12 in the sum of the two tries. Breeana walker from Australia won silver and Nadezhda Sergeeve from Russia completed the podium.
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| Christine de Bruin on the monobob podium – Photo: Vietrus Lacis / IBSF |
No two women, one veteran Elana Meyers, of the United States, won his first World Cup gold double since 2019. Competing with Lake Kwaza, Meyers clocked a total time of 1: 41.88. they defeated Mica McNeill and Adèle Nicoll of Great Britain for twenty hundredths. The brown got the bronze medal, competing with Kristen Bujnowski.
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| Meyers and Kwaza ride the sled – Photo: Vietrus Lacis / IBSF |
Photos: Vietrus Lacis / IBSF
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