• Latvian pilots were next to each other on both trips. On the first trip Emīls Cipulis ranked 15th, five hundredths ahead of the 16th-place finisher Oscar Ķibermanibut in the second race Ķibermanis was the eleventh and was four hundredths and one place ahead of Cipuli.
• Both Latvian doubles did not run too fast in the start today, showing their slowest times in the training driving sessions (Cipuli 5.18 and 5.25 seconds, taking 7th and 10th place in the races, and Ķibermanis 5.22 and 5.23 seconds, racing 12th). and 6th place).
• In general, Cipulis did the training better, beating Kiberman four times, finishing in the top ten twice, winning one fourth place and being 9th to 15th in the other races. For Kiberman, fourth place was the only ten, with the others taking 11th to 19th place.
• The fastest in Saturday’s first practice race was the German pilot Johannes Lohner, who did not start in the final practice session, but his compatriot Christoph Hafer won in the last practice session.
• Lohner, who took part in only three and won two victories and one second place, was the best performer. Canadian Cripps, a Canadian, won four times, one second and two thirds.
• In addition to Lohner, Hafera also celebrated two victories in the races, but in addition to Cripps, Francesco Friedrich also won in one race. Dominating the World Cup, Friedrich was relatively modest in training, entering the top only twice.
• Both Chinese crews missed the first day of training, but yesterday and today in only three of the eight races in the top twenty – the highest place was 14th.
• Tomorrow the athletes will rest, but the doubles competition is scheduled for Monday (14:05 and 15:40 Latvian time) and Tuesday (14:15 and 15:50).
• The Northern Duel, which tried the big springboard, also trained the morning. Markuss Vinogradov reached 99.5 meters in the first jump and took 45th out of 49 participants, was last in the second jump with 98.0 meters and 46 in the third with 95.0 meters.
• Springboarding was dominated by Austrians. In the first jump the best was Franz Joseph Rachel (136.0 m), who also took the third and second place, in the second jump the best was Mario Zaidl (137.5 m), who also took the third and fifth place, and in the third the best was Johannes Lamparters (135 , 0 m), who was fourth in the first attempts.
• Training in ski jumping will continue tomorrow and tomorrow, but the competition is expected on Tuesday (10:00 ski jumping, 13:00 cross-country skiing).
Bobsleigh doubles, fifth practice run
| V | Pilots | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Johannes Lohners | Germany | 59.85 |
| 2. | Breds Hols | Great Britain | +0.15 |
| 3. | Justin Krips | Canada | +0.17 |
| 4. | Roman Henri | In France | +0.17 |
| 5. | Mihaels Fogts | Switzerland | +0.20 |
| Rudī Rinaldī | Monaco | +0.20 | |
| 15. | Emīls Cipulis | Latvia | +0.48 |
| 16. | Oskars Ķibermanis | Latvia | +0.53 |
30 crews participated
Bobsleigh doubles, sixth practice run
| V | Pilots | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christoph Haffer | Germany | 1:00.35 |
| 2. | Mihaels Fogts | Switzerland | +0.01 |
| 3. | Justin Krips | Canada | +0.09 |
| 4. | Francesco Friedrich | Germany | +0.12 |
| 5. | Benjamins Maiers | Austria | +0.20 |
| Yunnan Wons | South Korea | +0.20 | |
| Dominik Dvorak | Czech Republic | +0.20 | |
| 11. | Oskars Ķibermanis | Latvia | +0.32 |
| 12. | Emīls Cipulis | Latvia | +0.36 |
26 crews participated
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