World Cup Race 6 – St Moritz, Switzerland (incorporating European Championships)

Team Minichiello/Cooke

Team Minichiello took their place on the podium twice in one day as they took 3rd place in both the World Cup race and European Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland on the 16th of January.

After the first heat the team was in 3rd place 0.42 seconds behind Kiriasis/Logsch of Germany 1 and only 0.06 from Humphries/Moyse Of Canada 2. The start time on the first heat was the 3rd best of the run, seven hundredths from the best start.

On the second run GB1 improved their start by five hundredths to 5.92 to again rank 3rd fastest starters of the second heat. In a repeat of Thursday’s race, Martini of Germany 2 once again put in a good second heat to move ahead of Team Minichiello but the girls held their 3rd place position, Canada 2 crashing on their second run. Kiriasis/ Logsch of Germany 1 took their second win of the week with an excellent second run finishing 0.96 seconds clear of their team mates in 2nd.  Team Minichiello maintain their 5th place on the World Cup rankings, now only 16 points behind 4th and 49 points from 3rd. The next World Cup race takes place on the Olympic track in Vancouver on the 6th of February.