British Bobsleigh Association
World Cup Round 03 - Igls Race Reports, December 2008
14 December 2008
The bobsleigh teams moved from Germany to Igls for the third round of the World Cup, with the races being held on 12th, 13th and 14th December 2008. The picturesque village of Igls is set in the Tirol region of Austria, high up above Innsbruck and offers some beautiful views of the mountains. The track itself comprises 15 turns, though one of the turns is bizarrely after the finish. The main feature of the track in the Kreisel (Turn 7) which is a tight 270° corner that is taken at 60 mph and generates a large g-force on the bobsleigh and crew.
2-Man Bobsleigh Race 03
The German pairing of Thomas Florschutz / Marc Kuehne won the 2-Man bobsleigh race from Beat Hefti / Thomas Lamparter, with Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen of the USA 3rd.
Royal Marine Lee Johnston was this week paired with Allyn Condon, as Dan Money remains injured, and finished in 21st place, just 0.86 seconds off the leaders, in what was a very close and tightly bunched field.
4-Man Bobsleigh Race 03
After the controversy of Altenberg, Alexsandr Zubkov / Roman Oreshnikov / Dmitry Trunenkov / Dmitry Stepushin of Russia were the clear winners. Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen / Steve Mesler / Curtis Tomasevic of the USA finished in 2nd place with Dmitry Abramovitch / Philipp Egorev / Andrey Jurkov / Petr Moisseev in 3rd place.
The GB1 bobsleigh of Lee Johnston / Karl Johnston / Julien Hughes-John / Allyn Condon lay in 14th position after the first run, but had a brilliant second run, which was the 4th fastest, just 0.1 seconds off the leaders time, and this took them to creditable 11th place overall.
Women's Bobsleigh Race 03
The Women's race was won by Helen Upperton / Heather Moyse, with Shauna Rohbuck / Valerie Fleming of the USA 2nd and Sandra Kiriasis / Romy Logsch of Germany 3rd.
The GB1 pairing of Nicola Minichiello / Gillian Cooke finished in a comfortable 6th position, 0.19 seconds ahead of 7th place and continue to improve with each race, again clocking very competitive start times in both their runs.
Race Reports written by Mark Carter - Performance Coordinator
2-Man Bobsleigh Race 03
The German pairing of Thomas Florschutz / Marc Kuehne won the 2-Man bobsleigh race from Beat Hefti / Thomas Lamparter, with Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen of the USA 3rd.
Royal Marine Lee Johnston was this week paired with Allyn Condon, as Dan Money remains injured, and finished in 21st place, just 0.86 seconds off the leaders, in what was a very close and tightly bunched field.
4-Man Bobsleigh Race 03
After the controversy of Altenberg, Alexsandr Zubkov / Roman Oreshnikov / Dmitry Trunenkov / Dmitry Stepushin of Russia were the clear winners. Steven Holcomb / Justin Olsen / Steve Mesler / Curtis Tomasevic of the USA finished in 2nd place with Dmitry Abramovitch / Philipp Egorev / Andrey Jurkov / Petr Moisseev in 3rd place.
The GB1 bobsleigh of Lee Johnston / Karl Johnston / Julien Hughes-John / Allyn Condon lay in 14th position after the first run, but had a brilliant second run, which was the 4th fastest, just 0.1 seconds off the leaders time, and this took them to creditable 11th place overall.
Women's Bobsleigh Race 03
The Women's race was won by Helen Upperton / Heather Moyse, with Shauna Rohbuck / Valerie Fleming of the USA 2nd and Sandra Kiriasis / Romy Logsch of Germany 3rd.
The GB1 pairing of Nicola Minichiello / Gillian Cooke finished in a comfortable 6th position, 0.19 seconds ahead of 7th place and continue to improve with each race, again clocking very competitive start times in both their runs.
Race Reports written by Mark Carter - Performance Coordinator