St. Moritz (RWH) Olympic Champion Laura Nolte (GER) is the 2-woman bobsleigh winner
at the BMW IBSF World Cup in St. Moritz (SUI). With push athlete Neele Schuten, Nolte
set the season’s best time in the second run at the Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz-Celerina
(1:08.00 minutes).
The duo thus relegated their team-mate Lisa Buckwitz (GER, 0.08
seconds behind), who had previously been in the lead, to second place. Lisa Buckwitz’s
push athlete in St. Moritz was Junior World Champion Lauryn Siebert for the first time.
Third place on her home track went to Switzerland’s Melanie Hasler with push athlete Mara
Morell (0.38 seconds back).
Margot Boch from France, the 2021 U23 World Champion, celebrated her best World Cup
result to date in St. Moritz with brakewoman Talia Solitude in fourth place. The top six was
completed by Australia’s Breeana Walker/Kiara Reddingius in fifth place and Kaysha
Love/Azaria Hill (USA) in sixth place.
World Champions Kim Kalicki/Leonie Fiebig (GER) set a start record (5.51 seconds) in the
first race run. However, pilot Kalicki suffered a muscle injury in her thigh and was only able
to take a few steps in the second run. The Kalicki/Fiebig duo finished in seventh place.
Laura Nolte (GER, 650 points) leads the overall standings for the BMW IBSF World Cup
2023/2024 after three of eight races so far. Lisa Buckwitz (GER, 611 points) is second
overall ahead of Kim Kalicki (GER, 588).
