The two-man

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, British Columbia, Canada, was held at the

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on 20–21 February.2010 Winter Olympics bobsleigh schedule.
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team of

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and

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were the defending

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in this event.

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's team of

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and

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were the defending

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in this event. The test event held at the Olympic venue was won by the German duo of

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and Marc Kühne.Whistler Sliding Centre World Cup 6 February 2009 bobsleigh two-man results.
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event prior to the 2010 Games took place in

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(southeast of

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) on 23 January 2010 and was won by the

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duo of

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and

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while Rüegg won the overall World Cup in the two-man event.

Records

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does not consider bobsled times eligible for

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s, the

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does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes. The start and track records were set at the test event for the 2010 Games on 6 February 2009.

Qualifying teams

On 20 January 2010, the FIBT announced that the following teams had qualified for the 2010 Games: This was finalized on 26 January 2010. ;Three teams *, , and . ;Two teams *, , , , , . ;One team *, , , , , , , , and .

Practice

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practice began on 17 February 2010 with the two-man event. Eight crashes among 57 runs took place that day. Three crashes occurred during the 18 February 2010 two-man training session. (20 February 2010 article accessed 20 February 2010. Among the crashes in the two-man event were Switzerland's

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who both withdrew from the two man event. Meanwhile, Latvia's Janis Minins withdrew to

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that followed on 12 February."Bobsleigh-Latvian wildman flies again after hiccup hell".
- 23 February 2010 Martyn Herman Yahoo! Sports article accessed 24 February 2010. Minins returned to competition for the four-man event eleven days later though he withdrew from the four-man event on 25 February to crashing twice during practice where one of his crews suffering a concussion and another suffering bruised lungs and elbows.

Results

The first two runs took place on 20 February at 17:00 PST and 18:30 PST. On 21 February, the final two runs were scheduled to take place at 13:30 PST and 14:45 PST, but started at 16:00 PST for run three and 17:35 PST for run four to unseasonable warm weather. (21 February 2010 article accessed 21 February 2010.) Temperatures reached on the afternoon of the 20th and were expected to reach on the afternoon of the 21st. First run start order was released on the afternoon of 19 February 2010. Australia 2 crashed out in run 1 while Great Britain 1 was disqualified when the brakeman Money was ejected from his sled during the first run. (21 February 2010 article accessed 21 February 2010.) Austria 1 was disqualified for violating the total weight rule. Liechtenstein 1 crashed out during the first run and finished, but did not start the second run of the event. For run 3, Bisset replace Brown in Canada 1 while Harvey replaced Ryan in Australia 1. Italy 1 was disqualified in run 3 for reasons not given. Only the top 20 teams competed in the fourth run. No crashes occurred in the final two runs of the event."Germany's Lange wins gold in bobsled".
- 21 February 2010 Tom Withers (AP) article in Yahoo! Sports accessed 22 February 2010. Lange tied the track record in the third run that was sent by Florschütz in the second run. (22 February 2010 article accessed 22 February 2010.) The German duo of Lange and Kuske won his record fourth gold medal in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics and became the second repeat winners of the two-man event after

's Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin won the event in both

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.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh: Two-Man". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 159. TR - Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

References

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Two-Man (heat 1)
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