The first three places were taken by German crews. The first place was won by the leader of the first race, Johannes Lochner, whose piloted foursome totaled one minute and 40.1 seconds on the track. He was followed by Adam Amour in second, 0.26 seconds behind, while Francesco Friedrich was 0.28 seconds back to round out the top three.
Kalenda with pushers Mairi Kļava, Arni Bebriš and Matīsa Mikni was in 16th place after the first race, but the third best time achieved in the second race allowed them to move up to a shared tenth place in the overall standings, 0.71 seconds behind the winner.
On the other hand, Grantiņš with pushers Edgars Ungurus, as well as Dāvi and Lauri Kaufmani reached the seventh best time in the first race, but the 20th place in the second race caused him to fall to the 12th position in the sum of both races. Grantina’s foursome lost to Lochner by 0.78 seconds.
Lohner is the leader in the overall World Cup standings after four four-person crew competitions with 885 points, ahead of Friedrich by 40 points. Kalenda is in 15th place with 440 points, while Grantiņš is one position lower with 378 points.
On Saturday, Grantiņš’s crew showed the second result in the second race and won the 13th place, which is a career record for Grantiš, while Kalenda’s foursome was tied for 18th position. The Latvian crews only narrowly qualified for the second race.
The four piloted by Kalendas took 17th place in the first stage on the Olympic Games track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, and 12th place in the second one on the Innsbruck track in Austria, while Grantinas ranked 20th and 21st respectively.
The head coach of the Latvian bobsleigh team is Emīls Cipulis.
This season, seven stages of the World Cup are planned for athletes fighting for tickets to the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. The bobsledders will play the next stage next week in Sigulda, and after the new year, the stages will take place in Winterberg, St. Moritz and Altenberg.
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