Bobsleigh World Cup 2017/18

Bobsleigh World Cup 2017/18
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh	Justin Kripps	Kaillie Humphries
Overall World Cup four-man bobsleigh	Johannes Lochner
combination	Justin Kripps
Competitions
Venues	08th	08th
Individual competitions	08th	08th
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The 2017/18 Bobsleigh World Cup began on November 9, 2017 in Lake Placid and ended on January 21, 2018 at Königssee . The World Cup comprised eight stations in North America and Europe and was held parallel to the Skeleton World Cup 2017/18 . The racing series was organized by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). The highlight of the season was the 2018 Winter Olympics from February 9-25, 2018 in Pyeongchang .

The European Cup and the North American Cup served as the foundation for the World Cup . The results of all racing series were included in the IBSF Bobsleigh Ranking 2017/18 .

Individual results of the 2017/18 World Cup season

1st World Cup in Lake Placid , 9-10 November 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz
Two-man bobsleigh men	Nico Walther Christian Poser	Nick Cunningham Ryan Bailey	Codie Bascue Carlo Valdes
Two-man bobsleigh men	Codie Bascue Samuel McGuffie	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz	Justin Olsen Evan Weinstock

2nd World Cup in Park City , 17th – 18th November 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Elana Meyers Taylor LoLo Jones
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke	Canada Justin Kripps Lascelles Brown Ben Coakwell Neville Wright	Canada Chris Spring Jesse Lumsden Alexander Kopacz Oluseyi Smith
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Christian Rasp	United States Codie Bascue Nathan Weber Carlo Valdes Sam McGuffie	United Kingdom Bradley Hall Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon Gregory Cackett

3rd World Cup in Whistler , 24. – 25. November 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones
Two-man bobsleigh men	Chris Spring Neville Wright	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens
Four-man bobsleigh	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Ilvir Khuzin Wasily Kondratenko Alexei Pushkarev	United Kingdom Lamin Deen Ben Simons Toby Olubi Andrew Matthews	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke

4th World Cup in Winterberg , 9. – 10. December 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Stephanie Schneider Lisa-Marie Buckwitz	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek
Two-man bobsleigh men	Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen	Chris Spring Neville Wright  Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Christopher Weber Christian Rasp	Germany Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Kevin Korona Eric Franke	Germany Francesco Friedrich Jannis Baker Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis

5th World Cup and European Championship in Igls , 16. – 17. December 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	Mariama Jamanka Lisa-Marie Buckwitz
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden	Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Marc Rademacher Christian Rasp	Canada Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Jesse Lumsden Oluseyi Smith	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis

6th World Cup in Altenberg , 6-7. January 2018
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	Anna Koehler Annika Drazek
Two-man bobsleigh men	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Intars Dambis

7th World Cup in St. Moritz , 13.-14. January 2018
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor LoLo Jones	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz
Two-man bobsleigh men	Nico Walther Christian Poser	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Sebastian Mrowka Christian Rasp	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	Canada Chris Spring Bryan Barnett Lascelles Brown Neville Wright

8th World Cup in Königssee , 20. – 21. January 2018
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek	Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga  Austria Benjamin Maier Kilian Walch Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan	-

Overall standings in the women's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	1631
02.	Elana Meyers Taylor	United States	1591
03.	Mariama Jamanka	Germany	1538
04th	Jamie Greubel Poser	United States	1493
05.	Stephanie Schneider	Germany	1335
06th	Alysia Rissling	Canada	1288
07th	Anna Koehler	Germany	1160
08th.	Nadezhda Sergeyeva	Russia	1112
09.	Sabina Hafner	Switzerland	1064
10.	Christine de Bruin	Belgium	1020

Overall standings in the men's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Justin Kripps	Canada	1631
02.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	1504
03.	Chris Spring	Canada	1347
04th	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	1336
05.	Nico Walther	Germany	1250
06th	Johannes Lochner	Germany	1240
07th	Rico Peter	Switzerland	1176
08th.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	1110
09.	Nick Poloniato	Canada	1096
10.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	1014

Overall standings in the four-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Johannes Lochner	Germany	1652
02.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	1468
03.	Nico Walther	Germany	1421
04th	Justin Kripps	Canada	1420
05.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	1322
06th	Chris Spring	Canada	1288
07th	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	1280
08th.	Codie Bascue	United States	1266
09.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	1217
10.	Benjamin Maier	Austria	1186

Total stand combination

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Justin Kripps	Canada	3051
02.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	2972
03.	Johannes Lochner	Germany	2950
04th	Nico Walther	Germany	2671
05.	Chris Spring	Canada	2635
06th	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	2616
07th	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	2432
08th.	Benjamin Maier	Austria	2254
09.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	2231
10.	Codie Bascue	United States	2227

Web links

• Race & Results. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .