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Popov Easily Wins World Cup 4-Man Race in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, USA (December 17, 2006) -- Evenij Popov of Russia tamed the challenging Lake Placid bob track Sunday and won his second straight FIBT World Cup 4-Man race.
The Lake Placid track proved difficult for even the best pilots. Both the Olympic Gold and Silver medalists crashed. Germany's Andre Lange, the 2006Olympic Champion,
Evenij Popov, right, and his four-man team of FRoman orechnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov and Dmitry Stepushkin after winning the Lake Placid 4-Maqn World Cup Sunday, Dec.17.(Photo by Charlie Booker)
crashed in training on Thursday and chose not to compete. Alexandr Zoubkov of Russia, the Olympic silver medalist, crashed in the first heat of the 4-man competition and did not take a second run. Janis Minins of Latvia also crashed in training, but he did not withdraw and was able to eventually win a silver medal.
Popov, who leads the FIBT 4-Man World Cup standings with 290 points, had the fastest runs in both heats, 55.36 and 56.15 for a 1:51.51 total time. Minins put together runs of 55.77 and 56.22 and was .48 seconds back. The bronze went to Fabrizio Tosini of Italy with runs of 55.88 and 56.22 for a 1:52.10. It was the first ever medal for Tosini.
Completing the top five were Matthias Hoepfner of Germany, 1:52.21, and Pierre Lueders of Canada, 1:52.21.
The FIBT World Bobsleigh Tour resumes January 12-14 in Cortina d'Ampezzo,Italy.
Lange and Kuske Win Lake Placid Two-Man Bob LAKE PLACID, USA (December 16, 2006) -- Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske of Germany convincingly won their third straight FIBT Two-Man World Cup race Saturday morning, .39 seconds over Americans Steve Holcomb and Brock Kreitzburg.
Lange and Kuske, the 2006 Olympic Champions, put down the fastest times in both heats, 56.37 and 56.43 for a 1:52.8 total time.
Lange, who crashed in four-man training Thursday and will not participate in that race, leads the World Cup with a perfect 300 points.
Holcomb, who is second in the World Cup with 240 points, who was fifth in the first heat with 56.74, came back with a 56.45 second heat and a total time of 1:53.19. Kevin Kuske and Andre Lange in the leader box after winning the FIBT 2-Man World Cup in Lake Placid. . (Photo by Charlie Booker) Steve Holcomb and Brock Kreitzburg of the USA, silver medalists in the Lake Placid 2-Man Bobsleigh World Cup.
Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown of Canada, the 2006 Olympic silver medalists, were fourth after run one with a 56.61 clocking. Lueders drove to a 56.61 in the second round for a 1:52.29 total time.
Completing the top five were Matthias Hoepfner and Andreas Porth of Germany, 1:53.32; and Wolfgang Stampfer and Martin Lachkovics of Austria, 1:53.55.
Lueders is third in the Wold Cup standings with 240 points. Completing the top five are Hoepfner,200,and Ivo Rueegg of Switzerland, 174.
The FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup continues January 12-14 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
PARK CITY, Utah (December 9, 2006) -- Evgeni Popov of Russia upset Olympic Champion Andre Lange of Germany Saturday night in the FIBT World Cup Bobsleigh Four-Man race at Utah Olympic Park.
It was the first World Cup victory ever for Popov, who earned his first medal last week in Calgary. Popov and Lange are tied for the World Cup lead with 190 points.
With a time of 1:33.89 (46.90, 46.99), Popov and his team of Dmitry Trunenkov, Roman Orechnikov and Dmitry Stepushkin earned a victory of two tenths of a second over Lange, Alexander Roediger, Kevin Kuske and Martin Putze. Lange and his crew finished second in 1:34.09 (47.05, 47.04).
Winning bronze was the Latvian sled of Janis Minins, Daumants Dreiskens, Ainars Podnieks and Reinis Rozitis with a time of 1:34.24 (47.04, 47.20), while the Swiss team of Ivo Rueegg, Tommy Herzog, Roman Handschin and Cedric Grand tied for fourth in 1:34.43 with Canadians Pierre Lueders, Ken Kotyk, David Bissett and Lascelles Brown. Rueegg had runs of 47.25 and 47.18, and Lueders had runs of 47.22 and 47.21.
Lueders holddown thirdplace in the four-man standings with 150 points. Minins is fourth with 140 and Alexandr Zoubkov of Russia and American Steven Holcomb are tied for fifth with 125 points each.
PARK CITY, Utah (December 8, 2006) -- Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske, the 2006 Olympic 2-Man Champions, continued their domination of the FIBT World Cup Friday night with an easy victory at Utah Olympic Park. It was the third straight win for Lange, who swept the season opening races last weekend in Calgary.
Lange and Kuske—both double gold medalists at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games—earned a combined time of 1:35.39 with each run’s fastest times of 47.59 and 47.80.
Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah) and Brock Kreitzburg (Akron, Ohio) picked up a World Cup silver medal in men’s two-man bobsled competition for the second straight week. After claiming his first-career World Cup medal in Calgary, Alberta, on Dec. 1, Holcomb returned to his home track and slid a final time of 1:35.64. Kolcomb and Kreitzburg had the second-quickest runs in each heat with times of 47.78 and 47.86.
“Having my best finish ever here in front of my home crowd and my family is really cool,” Holcomb said. “I’ve been working with [sled designer] Bob Cuneo and the coaches and we’ve been kind of messing with the sleds and all of a sudden it just clicked. Things are coming around and now we’re going fast.”
“I am surprised that my two best finishes ever are in two-man,” he admitted. “I never would have guessed that.”
Canadians Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown earned third place honors with a time of 1:35.73 (47.86, 47.87). Ivo Rueegg and Cedric Grand were fourth in 1:35.77 (47.81, 47.96), while Matthias Hoepfner and Andreas Porth of Germany were fifth in 1:36.02 (47.96, 48.06). Rounding out the top-six sleds was the Russian team of Alexandr Zoubkov and Dmitry Trunenkov in 1:36.03 (47.99, 48.04).
World Cup action in Park City concludes on Saturday with the men’s four-man bobsled competition beginning at 4 p.m. MST.
Lange Drives to Gold In Calgary 4-Man, Completes Sweep
CALGARY, Canada (December 2, 2006) – Andre Lange of Germany drove to a sweep of the gold medals Saturday night with a .10 second victory over Russia's Evgeni Popov in the FIBT 4-Man Bobsleigh World Cup.
Lange, double gold medalist at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, won his second World Cup gold medal in as many days with a time of 1:47.92 (53.79, 54.13). He teamed with Alexander Roediger, Kevin Kuske and Martin Putze to claim the day’s two fastest starts of 5.03 and 5.06.
Russians Evgeni Popov, Roman Orechnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov and Dmitry Stepushkin earned silver in 1:48.02 (53.88, 54.14). It was the first podium finish ever for Popov. 2006 Olympic two-man silver medalist Pierre Lueders won his second bronze medal of the Calgary World Cup in a time of 1:48.37 (54.01, 54.36) with his crew of Ken Kotyk, David Bissett and Lascelles Brown.
In fourth were Alexandr Zoubkov, Filipp Egorov, Alexej Seliverstov and Evgeny Pechenkin of Russia in a time of 1:48.55 (54.16, 54.39), while the the USA's Steven Holcomb took fifth with Jesse Beckom III, TJ Burns and Brock Kreitzburg posting a 1:48.68 (54.55, 54.13). Latvian sled of Janis Minins, Daumants Dreiskens, Ainars Podnieks and Reinis Rozitis completed the top-six finishers with a time of 1:48.74 (54.34, 54.40).
The next World Cup four-man race is Dec. 9 in Park City. The Park City World Cup opens on Dec. 7 with the skeleton race, while the two-man and women’s bobsled races are Dec. 8.
07 – 08 Ilsenburg GER 2006 World Push-off Championships
August 2006
11 - 13 Alpe d’Huez FRA Push-off competition
September 2006
09 Harderwijk NED Push-off competition
23 Oberhof GER Push-off competition
November
05 – 11 Igls AUT FIBT Skeleton School 05 Arrival of participants 06 – 11 Skeleton School
13 – 16 Igls AUT EC Europe Cup Competition Skeleton
13 – 19 Calgary CAN AC America’s Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
14 – 22 Lake Placid USA Trng. Paid training
19 – 25 Igls AUT FIBT Bobsleigh School 19 Arrival of participants 20 – 25 Bobsleigh School
20 – 26 Königssee GER Paid Training
25 – 03 Dec. Lake Placid USA AC America’s Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
27 – 02 Dec. Calgary CAN WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
27 – 03 Dec. Igls AUT EC Europe Cup Competition Bobsleigh 27 Paid Training 28 – 29 2-man Official Training (3 runs each day) 30 2-man Competition 01 – 02 Dec. Official Training (4-man – Women’s Bobsleigh) 03 Dec. 4-man Competition – Women’s Bobsleigh Competition
December 2006
04 – 09 Park City USA WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
04 – 10 Königssee GER EC Europe Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
11 – 17 Cesana Torinese ITA EC Europe Cup Competition Bobsleigh - Skeleton
13 – 21 Park City USA AC America’s Cup Competition Bobsleigh - Skeleton
12 – 17 Lake Placid USA WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
January 2007
09 – 14 Cortina ITA WC– ECh. World Cup Competition Bobsleigh
10 – 14 Nagano JPN WC World Cup Competition Skeleton
10 – 14 Altenberg GER Chall. Cup Challenge Cup Skeleton
15 – 21 Winterberg GER EC Europe Cup Competition Bobsleigh - Skeleton
16 – 21 Igls AUT WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
22 – 28 Cortina d’Ampezzo ITA EC Europe Cup Competition Bobsleigh
22 – 04 Feb. St.Moritz SUI WCh. World Championships Bobsleigh – Skeleton
29 – 04 Feb. Altenberg GER Paid Training (for junior athletes taking part in the Junior World Championships, only)
February 2007
06 – 11 Cesana ITA WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
06 – 11 Altenberg GER JWC Junior World Championships Bobsleigh - Skeleton
13 – 18 Winterberg GER WC World Cup Competition Bobsleigh – Skeleton
20 – 25 Koenigssee GER WC/ECh. European Skeleton Championships World Cup Competition (Finale) Bobsleigh – Skeleton
Tr = Official Training Tr* = Training upon payment EC = Europe Cup Competition AC = America’s Cup Competition CCh. = Continental Championships ECh. = European Championship JWC = Junior World Bobsleigh Championships WCh = World Championships
Mingeon retires; Takes Trainer Position with Monaco
Bruno Mingeon, (FRA)LAPLAGNE, France (July 1, 2006)
World Champion and Olympic medalist Bruno Mingeon has retired from the French bobsleigh team. Mingeon, a member of the French team for 18 seasons, will now become a coach, taking over as a trainer with the Principality of Monaco’s bobsleigh team.
Mingeon, who drove the French 4-man team to a gold medal in the 1999 World Championships, was a bronze medalist in the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games 4-man competition. Mingeon, who also won the bronze medal in two-man at the 1999 World Championships, competed in three Olympic Games. He carried the French flag during the opening ceremonies at the 2006 Torino Olympic Winter games.
Known as one of the best bobsleigh drivers in the sport, Mingeon finished fifth in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games 4-man competition.
