PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Germany won three of the five World Cup events Saturday at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, while Emily Sweeney and Brittney Arndt won medals for the United States.
Germany took gold in the women’s race, where Diana Eitberger held off Sweeney for victory, as well as in the men’s doubles and women’s sprints. Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men’s doubles, and Julia Taubitz won the women’s doubles.
Eitberger’s winning time in the back-to-back women’s two heats — the sprints are just one stage — was 1 minute, 26.471 seconds. Sweeney finished with a time of 1:26.611 to continue his strong start to the season; Taubitz was third in 1:26.619.
The U.S. had four women finish in the top 12 in both heats, with Arndt seventh on her home track, Ashley Farquharson ninth and Summer Breacher 12th.
In the women’s sprint, Arndt had the best World Cup time of 31.902 seconds behind only Taubitz (31.717) and Eitberger (31.816). Farquharson was fourth, Britcher seventh and Sweeney 10th for the US
In the men’s sprint, Italy’s Dominic Fischnaler won World Cup gold for the second straight day after winning both heats on Friday. In the men’s sprint, Austria’s David Gleirscher was second, and Germany’s Felix Loch was third. The U.S. was led by Johnny Gustafson’s fourth-place finish in the men’s sprint. Tucker West was seventh and Chris Mazzer was eighth.
Wendl and Arlt beat Germany’s Toni Eggert and Sascha Behneken by just one-hundredth (31.862 to 31.872 seconds) to win the men’s doubles sprint. Yannick Müller and Armin Frauscher were third for Austria; For the USA, Zach DiGregorio and Sean Hollander finished seventh, one place ahead of Dana Kellogg and Duncan Seger.
In the women’s doubles sprint, Austria’s Selina Eggle and Lara Kip won, Italy’s Andrea Vaughter and Marion Oberhofer took second place, and Germany’s Jessica Reinhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal took third place.
Britcher and Sweeney were fourth for the U.S., one place ahead of Maya Chan and Rainey Weiler and three ahead of Americans Shevon Forgan and Sophia Kirkby.
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