The overall World Cup winner in Lake Placid grabs in two after her first world championship title – and leads confidently in front of Kim Kalicki and Lisa Buckwitz.
Led by Olympic champion Laura Nolte, the German bob women at the World Cup in Lake Placid are heading for a triple victory in two. After two out of four runs on the demanding path in the US state of New York, overall World Cup winner Nolte is confidently ahead of the Wiesbadener Kim Kalicki (+0.23 seconds) and defending champion Lisa Buckwitz (+0.43). The decision on Mount van Hoevenberg is made on Saturday.
Favorite Nolte (Winterberg), who won silver in the Monobob in the previous week, is still waiting for her first world championship title in two. In the event of clear plus degrees on Friday, she presented the best time with referee Deborah Levi in the first run and expanded her narrow lead over Kalicki despite a small driving error in the second run. “We are very satisfied at first. The Bobs are going great. Tomorrow two more,” said Nolte.
Nolte leads after half
Buckwitz, meanwhile, has to look back: Monobob world champion Kaysha Love (USA) lurks 0.33 seconds behind the athlete from BRC Thuringia, who had triumphed in Winterberg last year. “There is still room for improvement. The distance to the front is within the framework,” said Buckwitz.
The women closed a chaotic World Cup day without major events. In the men’s four-way competition, the second run was previously canceled after the Berchtesgadener Johannes Lochner had driven over concrete with a melted ice in curve and had ramponed a sky.
The runs three and four of the women take place on Saturday from 6 p.m. (CET). Due to the weather forecast, the races had been brought forward with warmth and rain – but a weather lottery could threaten again on Saturday.
Less than a year before the Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the World Championships in Lake Placid serve as an important location.