FIBT World Championships 2007

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The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skelton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), 1998 (Skeleton), and 2001 (Men's bobsleigh). The mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh debutted at these championships.

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[edit] Bobsleigh

[edit] Two man

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Germany Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Aleksandr Streltsov, Tommy Herzog)
Bronze Flag of Italy Italy (Simone Bertazzo, Samuele Romanini)

Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of this event.

[edit] Four man

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter. Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
Silver Flag of Canada Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Kotyk, David Bissett, Lascelles Brown)
Bronze Flag of Germany Germany (André Lange, Rene Hoppe. Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)

[edit] Two woman

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Germany Germany (Sandra Kiriasis, Romy Logsch)
Silver Flag of Germany Germany (Cathleen Martini, Janine Tischer)
Bronze Flag of the United States United States (Shauna Rohbock, Valerie Fleming)

[edit] Skeleton

[edit] Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Gregor Stähli (SUI)
Silver Flag of the United States Eric Bernotas (USA)
Bronze Flag of the United States Zach Lund (USA)

[edit] Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of the United States Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Maya Pedersen (SUI)
Bronze Flag of the United States Katie Uhlaender (USA)

Pikus-Pace is the first American woman to win a gold medal in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton at the World Championship level.

[edit] Mixed team

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Germany Germany (Frank Kleber, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Monique Riekewald, Karl Angerer, Marc Kühne)
Silver Flag of the United States United States (Eric Bernotas, Erin Pac, Emily Azevedo, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Mike Kohn, Curtis Tomasevicz)
Bronze Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Gregor Stähli, Sabrina Hafner, Katharina Sutter, Maya Pedersen, Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the United States United States 1 2 3 6
2 Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 1 5
3 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2 2 1 5
4 Flag of Canada Canada 0 1 0 1
5 Flag of Italy Italy 0 0 1 1

[edit] References

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