QAS bobsleigh pilot Bree Walker has claimed her third World Cup podium result of the season and tenth of her career, with a silver medal performance in the monobob World Cup event on the iconic hand cut ice St Moritz track in Switzerland.
In the first of two World Cup events in St Moritz, the 2022 Olympian made the perfect start, having the second fastest opening run time of 1:11.28 seconds.
Walker then went faster in the final run, breaking the track record in a time of 1:10.48 seconds to put her in first place with one competitor left. Her combined two run time was 2:21.76 seconds.
First run leader Elana Meyers Taylor from America then broke Walker’s record in the last run of the day to take victory in a combined time of 2:21.52, 0.24 seconds ahead of Walker. Rounding out the podium in third was another USA athlete, Kaysha Love, a further 0.31 seconds behind Walker.
“Super happy with my runs today, it’s really come along the last few weeks” said the 32-year-old from Queensland.
“This track has been a bit of a challenge for me in the past, but my coach Pierre Lueders has taught me all his ways over the past few years, and I am just so stoked with the result today. The goal was to drive the best that I can, and it’s paid off, so I am really happy with how I executed.
“Plan for tomorrow is to go again and do the same, tidy up a few little things that I noticed today, and then gear up for the two-woman with brakewoman Kiara Reddingius on Sunday.”
“I am so grateful to have so much support from all around the world, so thankyou to our supporters and sponsors for everything you have done for us.
St Moritz Monobob Day Two
In the second monobob World Cup, Walker finished in eighth place, in a two-run time of 2:22.83 seconds, 0.68 behind back-to-back winner in St Moritz Elana Meyers Taylor of the USA.
Sarah Blizzard also competed in St Mortiz, the QAS pilot was in 24th place on day one and improved to finish 21st on day two.
After six events Walker is third on the monobob World Cup standings on 1146 points, trailing German’s Lisa Buckwitz on 1253 and Laura Nolte 1171.
A two-woman World Cup event was also scheduled to take place in St Moritz, but was cancelled due to warm weather, after temperatures did not reach the necessary below zero margin overnight for the natural ice track to freeze.
In the first of two World Cup events in St Moritz, the 2022 Olympian made the perfect start, having the second fastest opening run time of 1:11.28 seconds.
Walker then went faster in the final run, breaking the track record in a time of 1:10.48 seconds to put her in first place with one competitor left. Her combined two run time was 2:21.76 seconds.
First run leader Elana Meyers Taylor from America then broke Walker’s record in the last run of the day to take victory in a combined time of 2:21.52, 0.24 seconds ahead of Walker. Rounding out the podium in third was another USA athlete, Kaysha Love, a further 0.31 seconds behind Walker.
“Super happy with my runs today, it’s really come along the last few weeks” said the 32-year-old from Queensland.
“This track has been a bit of a challenge for me in the past, but my coach Pierre Lueders has taught me all his ways over the past few years, and I am just so stoked with the result today. The goal was to drive the best that I can, and it’s paid off, so I am really happy with how I executed.
“Plan for tomorrow is to go again and do the same, tidy up a few little things that I noticed today, and then gear up for the two-woman with brakewoman Kiara Reddingius on Sunday.”
“I am so grateful to have so much support from all around the world, so thankyou to our supporters and sponsors for everything you have done for us.
St Moritz Monobob Day Two
In the second monobob World Cup, Walker finished in eighth place, in a two-run time of 2:22.83 seconds, 0.68 behind back-to-back winner in St Moritz Elana Meyers Taylor of the USA.
Sarah Blizzard also competed in St Mortiz, the QAS pilot was in 24th place on day one and improved to finish 21st on day two.
After six events Walker is third on the monobob World Cup standings on 1146 points, trailing German’s Lisa Buckwitz on 1253 and Laura Nolte 1171.
A two-woman World Cup event was also scheduled to take place in St Moritz, but was cancelled due to warm weather, after temperatures did not reach the necessary below zero margin overnight for the natural ice track to freeze.
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