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Russian Alexander Zubkov in pairs with brakeman Alexei Voevoda, also signed the best time in the final round and graduated with merit Olympic champion. The nearly forty year old athlete in your home, this two-day race was far superior to all others, drawing perfect lines and worn by star players almost never supported the fairing just bob against the walls of Sanki Olympic Sliding Center.
Monday 17 February 2014 28 minutes reading time
Zubkov thus obtained his first Olympic gold medal of his career in the discipline less congenial to him, but mostly to Russia gives a historic victory as in the 18 previous editions Five Rings never a Soviet or Russian crew had climbed to the top step of the podium in the two-man bobsleigh, also breaking the German dominance'' over a decade.
A triumph of the net to pilot Bratsk which is the result of long preparation work that part even from the planning stage of the Olympic track. The champion of the bob in fact was enlisted by the organizing committee as a consultant during the preparation of the project'' s system of Krasnaya Polyana, giving important information about the conformation of the gut which is obviously the engineers have taken into account to promote their own representative.
Zubkov then did well to make the most of home advantage and sustain the great media pressure that is being waged against him especially after appointment as flagship of the Russian team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. With this success, the six-time winner of the World Cup, is a candidate for a powerfully resounding encore in his favorite race the four-man bob, which would allow him to end a career more memorable.
Behind him trailing by less than 66 cents was placed Swiss Beat Hefti author of a very smooth race which earned him the silver medal''. For the Swiss'' is the second Olympic medal, the first as a rider since eight years ago in Turin rose on the third step of the podium as a brakeman Martin Annen.
The bronze went to'' American Steven Holcomb steadily declining in the second day of competition. The pilot of Park City has to thank the'' great first run yesterday and a little good luck'' given that preceded only 3 cents a wild Alexander Kasyanov.
The second representative of Russia in the race, should regret for a first run undertone, since both the second and in the fourth he tore down the second best chronometric references. Kasyanov as that Zubkov is a great specialist in the four-man bob, will be taken into great consideration next weekend when it will award medals in other discipline'' bob is part of the Olympic program.
'' The last place of the top five was won by Latvia Oskars Melbardis that preceded the Canadian Justin Kripps disastrous'' in the last round to the point where two placings. Proof of the North American must however be evaluated positively given that three-quarters of the race was in full fight for the Olympic bronze medalist.
The top ten is completed by two other Canadian Spring Rush and seventh and ninth respectively, by the Swiss Rico Peter Friedrich Franz disappointing tenth and eighth. Quest'' last'' was the only representative of Germany in the top ten of the rankings, a decidedly negative result for a non-national who came down from the podium in the Olympic two-man bobsleigh in Lillehammer 1994.
The blues and Simone Simone Bertazzo Fountain close their Olympic test in fourteenth place. A result in line with expectations before since this season Bertazzo had never been able to get into the top ten, but when viewed from the point of view of the massive investments that FIS Olympic Committee and supported to ensure a bob'' s Italian crew competitive, takes on a nothing short of disastrous.
The blue bob is far from the glories of the past and for some years the'' Italy is continuing to play the role of appearance in international events and perhaps now is the right time to start changing things maybe beginning to achieve greater collaboration with the world'' s athletics to overcome the shortage in the boost phase as it does in the United States, but mainly looking to invest more in promising youngsters such as Patrick Baumgartner and Serena Capponcelli who have shown interest margins improved in the last few seasons.
Final Standings Men's two-man bobsleigh
1
RUS-1 Zubkov, Alexander / Voevoda, Alexey
Total: 3:45:39
RUN1
4.86
19.71
31.61
39.75
49.91
56.25 (1)
133.70
50.60
75.30
128.90
RUN2
4.84
19.69
31.73
39.93
50.16
56.57 (1)
132.50
50.70
75.30
129.00
RUN3
4.85
19.67
31.54
39.64
49.76
56.08 (1)
134.00
50.60
75.40
128.30
RUN4
4.88
19.74
31.68
39.84
50.07
56.49 (1)
132.30
50.40
75.30
127.00
2
SUI-1 HEFTI, Beat / BAUMANN, Alex
Total: 3:46:05 + 0.66
RUN1
4.79
19:58
31.56
39.75
50.00
56.46 (4)
+0.21
131.80
50.90
75.70
127.90
RUN2
4.80
19.61
31.66
39.91
50.24
56.68 (3)
+0.11
132.20
50.80
75.60
123.80
RUN3
4.78
19:57
31.48
39.62
49.85
56.26 (2)
+0.18
133.10
50.80
75.70
127.20
RUN4
4.81
19:59
31.58
39.79
50.14
56.65 (3)
+0.16
131.10
50.90
75.60
121.70
3
USA-1 HOLCOMB Steven / LANGTON, Steven
Total: 3:46:27 + 0.88
RUN1
4.83
19.66
31.57
39.75
49.98
56.34 (2)
+0.09
133.40
50.60
75.40
127.60
RUN2
4.86
19.76
31.78
40.02
50.37
56.84 (8)
+0.27
131.60
50.40
75.10
126.80
RUN3
4.92
19.83
31.73
39.86
50.03
56.41 (3)
+0.33
133.20
50.10
75.10
126.40
RUN4
4.88
19.77
31.73
39.92
50.22
56.68 (4)
+0.19
131.50
50.20
75.10
125.10
4
RUS-2 Kasyanov, Alexander / BELUGIN, Maxim
Total: 3:46:30 + 0.91
RUN1
4.92
19.86
31.84
40.02
50.30
56.69 (11)
+0.44
132.60
50.00
75.00
127.20
RUN2
4.94
19.88
31.85
40.02
50.23
56.60 (2)
+0.03
133.20
49.90
75.10
127.60
RUN3
4.94
19.88
31.79
39.91
50.08
56.44 (6)
+0.36
133.30
49.90
75.00
129.70
RUN4
4.94
19.87
31.81
39.95
50.17
56.57 (2)
+0.08
132.50
49.90
75.10
127.20
5
LAT-1 MELBARDIS, Oskars / DREISKENS, Daumants
Total: 3:46:48 + 1:09
RUN1
4.78
19.64
31.63
39.87
50.18
56.62 (8)
+0.37
132.00
50.50
75.40
126.80
RUN2
4.79
19.62
31.66
39.90
50.23
56.68 (3)
+0.11
131.80
50.80
75.50
124.70
RUN3
4.80
19.62
31.58
39.75
50.00
56.43 (5)
+0.35
132.30
50.60
75.60
126.30
RUN4
4.80
19.64
31.66
39.90
50.25
56.75 (8)
+0.26
130.90
50.60
75.40
126.50
6
CAN-3 KRIPPS, Justin / BARNETT, Bryan
Total: 3:46.62 + 1:23
RUN1
4.83
19.65
31.60
39.79
50.10
56.56 (6)
+0.31
131.40
50.70
75.40
128.10
RUN2
4.85
19.70
31.68
39.88
50.21
56.70 (6)
+0.13
130.80
50.50
75.30
125.90
RUN3
4.89
19.75
31.67
39.80
50.01
56.42 (4)
+0.34
132.30
50.30
75.30
120.50
RUN4
4.87
19.75
31.78
40.03
50.40
56.94 (14)
+0.45
129.60
50.30
75.30
118.90
7
CAN-2 SPRING, Chris / LUMSDEN, Jesse
Total: 3:46.79 + 1:40
RUN1
4.85
19.66
31.68
39.91
50.23
56.66 (10)
+0.41
131.80
50.70
75.50
129.40
RUN2
4.85
19.66
31.65
39.86
50.23
56.77 (7)
+0.20
129.80
50.60
75.50
126.50
RUN3
4.86
19.69
31.66
39.86
50.16
56.62 (8)
+0.54
131.30
50.60
75.40
125.00
RUN4
4.87
19.69
31.65
39.86
50.20
56.74 (7)
+0.25
129.80
50.60
75.40
128.70
8
GER-1 FRIEDRICH, Francis / BAECKER, Jannis
Total: 3:46.85 + 1:46
RUN1
4.84
19.67
31.63
39.83
50.11
56.50 (5)
+0.25
132.10
50.50
75.40
128.40
RUN2
4.89
19.78
31.79
40.02
50.39
56.88 (10)
+0.31
130.40
50.30
75.20
129.00
RUN3
4.83
19.67
31.65
39.85
50.17
56.63 (9)
+0.55
131.00
50.70
75.50
128.30
RUN4
4.85
19.69
31.77
40.04
50.38
56.84 (10)
+0.35
131.10
50.50
75.40
129.20
9
RUSH CAN-1, Lyndon / BROWN, Lascelles
Total: 3:46.88 + 1:49
RUN1
4.86
19.75
31.70
39.88
50.15
56.61 (7)
+0.36
131.30
50.40
75.10
126.70
RUN2
4.90
19.83
31.84
40.07
50.40
56.87 (9)
+0.30
131.20
50.20
74.90
126.20
RUN3
4.91
19.83
31.77
39.92
50.18
56.64 (10)
+0.56
131.50
50.00
74.90
120.80
RUN4
4.91
19.82
31.76
39.94
50.26
56.76 (9)
+0.27
130.60
50.10
75.00
120.10
10
SUI-2 PETER, Rico / EGGER, Juerg
Total: 3:46.96 + 1:57
RUN1
4.93
19.87
31.95
40.22
50.52
56.96 (13)
+0.71
132.70
50.10
75.10
126.90
RUN2
4.98
19.93
31.90
40.08
50.30
56.68 (3)
+0.11
133.50
49.80
75.10
125.80
RUN3
4.95
19.92
31.85
39.99
50.20
56.60 (7)
+0.52
133.40
49.80
75.00
125.90
RUN4
4.95
19.87
31.89
40.10
50.33
56.72 (6)
+0.23
133.10
50.00
75.30
121.80
11
GER-2 Florschuetz, Thomas / Kuske, Kevin
Total: 3:47:00 + 1.61
RUN1
4.91
19.83
31.83
40.01
50.25
56.63 (9)
+0.38
132.70
50.30
74.90
128.80
RUN2
4.91
19.84
31.87
40.11
50.43
56.89 (11)
+0.32
131.00
50.30
74.90
128.00
RUN3
4.93
19.84
31.81
40.00
50.32
56.77 (11)
+0.69
131.20
50.20
75.00
126.80
RUN4
4.94
19.84
31.83
40.02
50.29
56.71 (5)
+0.22
131.80
50.20
75.10
128.30
12
USA-2 Butner, Cory / Fogt, Christopher
Total: 3:47:19 + 1.80
RUN1
4.89
19.77
31.69
39.85
50.05
56.45 (3)
+0.20
132.80
50.40
75.20
125.10
RUN2
4.89
19.80
31.83
40.08
50.48
57.11 (16)
+0.54
128.30
50.40
75.10
122.90
RUN3
4.90
19.79
31.77
39.97
50.29
56.77 (11)
+0.69
131.20
50.30
75.10
125.80
RUN4
4.91
19.82
31.86
40.08
50.39
56.86 (12)
+0.37
131.30
50.20
75.20
125.70
13
USA-3 CUNNINGHAM, Nick / ROBINSON, Dallas
Total: 3:47.69 + 2:30
RUN1
4.89
19.81
31.83
40.03
50.31
56.73 (12)
+0.48
132.10
50.20
75.20
126.60
RUN2
4.94
19.92
31.98
40.22
50.58
57.07 (15)
+0.50
131.00
49.90
75.00
127.80
RUN3
4.90
19.83
31.88
40.12
50.47
56.98 (14)
+0.90
130.60
50.20
75.00
124.80
RUN4
4.91
19.85
31.88
40.10
50.42
56.91 (13)
+0.42
130.90
50.10
75.10
124.00
14
ITA-1 BERTAZZO, Simon / FONTANA, Simone
Total: 3:47.82 + 2:43
RUN1
4.95
19.91
31.95
40.20
50.58
57.06 (15)
+0.81
131.80
49.90
75.00
124.80
RUN2
4.95
19.93
31.99
40.23
50.54
57.02 (13)
+0.45
131.80
49.80
75.00
121.60
RUN3
4.93
19.87
31.88
40.08
50.42
56.90 (13)
+0.82
131.90
50.00
75.10
125.60
RUN4
4.96
19.92
31.89
40.08
50.38
56.84 (10)
+0.35
132.40
49.80
75.10
120.60
15
GER-3 ARNDT, Maximilian / ROEDIGER, Alexander
Total: 3:48:20 + 2.81
RUN1
4.98
19.94
31.96
40.19
50.52
56.98 (14)
+0.73
130.90
49.90
74.80
127.00
RUN2
4.96
19.91
31.91
40.13
50.46
56.92 (12)
+0.35
131.10
50.00
74.90
127.00
RUN3
4.99
20:01
32.08
40.31
50.69
57.22 (16)
+1.14
129.70
49.80
74.50
127.10
RUN4
4.99
19.98
31.99
40.22
50.58
57.08 (16)
+0.59
130.10
49.70
74.70
128.10
16
LAT-2 KIBERMANIS, Oskars / LEIBOMS, Vairis
Total: 3:48:52 + 3:13
RUN1
4.83
19.76
31.84
40.14
50.58
57.11 (16)
+0.86
131.20
50.30
75.20
121.70
RUN2
4.84
19.88
31.97
40.25
50.67
57.22 (19)
+0.65
130.70
49.80
74.80
124.90
RUN3
4.87
19.79
31.82
40.05
50.44
57.00 (15)
+0.92
130.60
50.10
75.30
125.40
RUN4
4.90
19.88
31.96
40.24
50.65
57.19 (19)
+0.70
130.90
49.90
75.00
124.50
17
ROU-1 Istrate, Nicolae / CRACIUN, Florin
Total: 3:48.98 + 3:59
RUN1
5:00
20:00
32.09
40.39
50.85
57.39 (17)
+1.14
131.00
49.70
75.00
121.50
RUN2
5:03
20:02
32.05
40.30
50.68
57.19 (17)
+0.62
131.20
49.60
75.00
129.50
RUN3
5:03
20:03
32.05
40.30
50.69
57.24 (17)
+1.16
130.60
49.50
75.00
129.20
RUN4
5:04
20:05
32.09
40.31
50.65
57.16 (18)
+0.67
131.10
49.40
75.00
126.50
18
KOR-1 WON, YUNJONG / SEO, Youngwoo
Total: 3:49:27 + 3.88
RUN1
4.87
19.79
31.92
40.26
50.81
57.41 (18)
+1.16
128.80
50.30
75.00
124.10
RUN2
4.91
19.84
31.91
40.19
50.65
57.20 (18)
+0.63
129.70
50.10
74.90
119.60
RUN3
4.89
19.83
31.94
40.30
50.92
57.58 (21)
+1.50
127.60
50.20
75.00
126.10
RUN4
4.91
19.83
31.85
40.09
50.52
57.08 (16)
+0.59
129.50
50.00
75.00
122.00
19
NED-1 calker van, Edwin / van der zijde, Bror
Total: 3:49:33 + 3.94
RUN1
4.90
19.85
32.03
40.38
50.92
57.54 (21)
+1.29
128.30
50.10
74.80
127.60
RUN2
4.92
19.89
32.02
40.32
50.83
57.46 (21)
+0.89
127.90
50.10
74.60
124.20
RUN3
4.93
19.91
32.00
40.28
50.77
57.38 (18)
+1.30
128.40
49.90
74.60
128.00
RUN4
4.94
19.87
31.88
40.12
50.47
56.95 (15)
+0.46
130.70
50.00
74.90
127.10
20
FRA-1 COSTERG, LOIC / HEINRICH, ROMAIN
Total: 3:49:36 + 3.97
RUN1
5:02
20:06
32.16
40.47
50.92
57.44 (19)
+1.19
130.50
49.40
74.70
119.40
RUN2
5:00
19.98
32.00
40.23
50.57
57.04 (14)
+0.47
131.70
49.60
75.00
125.40
RUN3
5:04
20:09
32.23
40.57
51.07
57.65 (22)
+1.57
129.60
49.20
74.70
118.30
RUN4
5:04
20:05
32.09
40.35
50.74
57.23 (20)
+0.74
130.90
49.40
74.90
118.90
21
MON-1 Servelle, Patrice / GATTUSO, Sebastien
Total: 2:52.60
RUN1
5:08
20:20
32.32
40.58
50.99
57.50 (20)
+1.25
131.20
49.10
74.50
124.10
RUN2
5:08
20:16
32.26
40.50
50.83
57.30 (20)
+0.73
132.00
49.20
74.70
123.70
RUN3
5:10
20:22
32.41
40.74
51.22
57.80 (26)
+1.72
130.00
49.10
74.50
128.20
22
AUT-1 MAIER, Benjamin / SAMMER, Markus
Total: 2:52.72
RUN1
4.95
19.95
32.07
40.39
50.91
57.57 (23)
+1.32
127.60
49.90
74.70
127.70
RUN2
4.98
20:02
32.23
40.60
51.14
57.74 (22)
+1.17
128.60
49.70
74.50
124.90
RUN3
4.96
19.94
32.04
40.35
50.82
57.41 (20)
+1.33
128.80
49.80
74.80
125.50
23
GBR-1 DEEN, Lamin / BAINES, John
Total: 2:52.73
RUN1
4.94
19.96
32.10
40.44
50.94
57.54 (21)
+1.29
128.80
49.90
74.50
123.90
RUN2
4.95
19.98
32.19
40.56
51.14
57.81 (25)
+1.24
127.50
49.80
74.60
117.90
RUN3
4.96
19.97
32.07
40.35
50.81
57.38 (18)
+1.30
129.40
49.80
74.60
119.40
24
CZE-1 VRBA, Jan / Vacek, Michal
Total: 2:53:18
RUN1
4.91
19.89
32.06
40.45
51.06
57.72 (24)
+1.47
128.00
50.10
74.80
124.00
RUN2
4.92
19.91
32.07
40.43
51.05
57.75 (23)
+1.18
127.10
50.00
74.80
126.00
RUN3
4.94
19.93
32.08
40.43
51.02
57.71 (23)
+1.63
127.20
49.90
74.80
125.20
25
KIM KOR-2, Donghyun / JUN, Junglin
Total: 2:53:27
RUN1
4.94
20:02
32.26
40.64
51.19
57.78 (25)
+1.53
129.00
49.50
74.40
126.40
RUN2
4.94
19.98
32.23
40.59
51.14
57.76 (24)
+1.19
128.50
49.80
74.30
123.80
RUN3
4.97
20:04
32.30
40.65
51.15
57.73 (24)
+1.65
129.30
49.50
74.30
123.70
26
AUS-1 SPENCE, Heath / HARVEY, Duncan
Total: 2:53.73
RUN1
5:06
20:15
32.31
40.71
51.26
57.96 (28)
+1.71
126.80
49.30
74.50
126.80
RUN2
5:08
20:22
32.45
40.82
51.35
57.99 (26)
+1.42
128.30
49.10
74.20
124.60
RUN3
5:05
20:12
32.29
40.63
51.16
57.78 (25)
+1.70
128.30
49.30
74.60
118.60
27
POL-1 Kupczyk, Dawid / MROZ, Pawel
Total: 2:53.95
RUN1
5:01
20:08
32.31
40.67
51.25
57.90 (26)
+1.65
128.10
49.50
74.50
123.80
RUN2
5:03
20:18
32.47
40.84
51.42
58.07 (27)
+1.50
128.00
49.50
74.40
123.60
RUN3
5:05
20:15
32.41
40.80
51.34
57.98 (27)
+1.90
128.10
49.30
74.40
124.90
28
JPN-1 SUZUKI, Hiroshi / MIYAZAKI, Hisashi
Total: 2:54:14
RUN1
5:02
20:14
32.34
40.70
51.28
57.91 (27)
+1.66
128.10
49.20
74.30
124.90
RUN2
5:09
20:25
32.55
40.95
51.54
58.21 (28)
+1.64
127.70
49.20
74.20
121.30
RUN3
5:06
20:18
32.42
40.79
51.35
58.02 (28)
+1.94
127.70
49.30
74.30
125.40
29
JAM-1 WATTS, Winston / DIXON, Marvin
Total: 2:55:40
RUN1
4.97
20:08
32.53
40.99
51.70
58.42 (30)
+2.17
126.80
49.60
74.40
126.10
RUN2
5:00
20:15
32.61
41.15
51.96
58.81 (30)
+2.24
124.50
49.40
74.10
121.80
RUN3
5:00
20:09
32.37
40.77
51.46
58.17 (29)
+2.09
127.00
49.40
74.50
122.90
SRB-1 Radenović Vuk / Bundalo, Aleksandar
Total: DNS
RUN1
5:17
20:44
32.73
41.10
51.63
58.31 (29)
+2.06
127.20
48.60
73.40
121.00
RUN2
5:21
20:52
32.84
41.25
51.85
58.56 (29)
+1.99
126.80
48.40
73.50
123.80
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