Nice Britain’s Corie Mapp is effectively positioned to retain his total Para-bobsleigh World Cup title after opening a 131-point lead in Lillehammer.
Mapp has by no means been off the rostrum within the season’s opening six rounds, which have all taken place on the identical observe.
The 46-year-old has claimed three golds, a silver and two bronzes up to now, concluding the Norway leg of the World Cup season with a third-place end on Sunday.
Mapp constructed on an opening gold and silver in Norway by displaying actual consistency throughout 4 races previously 5 days, claiming two bronze medals both aspect of back-to-back wins.
Not one of the Briton’s predominant rivals for the general title going into Sunday’s race had been capable of be a part of him on the rostrum.
Latvia’s Arturs Klots claimed victory, ending 0.06 seconds forward of Switzerland’s Christopher Stewart, whereas Mapp was an additional two hundredths again.
The bronze moved Mapp to 1,285 factors for the season, whereas Klots climbed to 3rd, on 1,149 factors.
Austrian Hermann Ellmauer stays second on 1,154, regardless of ending Sunday’s race in sixth.
Competitors now strikes to Sigulda for the following two rounds – on 31 January and 1 February. The second occasion on the Latvian observe will double up because the European Championships, which Mapp gained final season.
The marketing campaign concludes in St Moritz, Switzerland, with the World Championships on 13-14 February.
