2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup

2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Combined Johannes Lochner (2) Laura Nolte (3)
Monobob Laura Nolte (1)
Two Johannes Lochner (3) Laura Nolte (4)
Four Johannes Lochner (2)
Competition
Edition 42nd 33rd
Locations 7 7
Cancelled
Rescheduled

The 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[1]

The season started on 22 November 2025 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and concluded on 18 January 2026 in Altenberg, Germany.[2]

The highlight of the season was the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

Schedule

No Location Date Two-Man Four-Man Monobob Two-Woman Details
1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 22–23 November 2025
2 Innsbruck 29–30 November 2025
3 Lillehammer 13–14 December 2025 ●●
4 Sigulda 20–21 December 2025 ●●
5 Winterberg 3–4 January 2026
6    St. Moritz 10–11 January 2026 also European Championships
7 Altenberg 17–18 January 2026
OG Cortina d'Ampezzo 15–22 February 2026 2026 Winter Olympics (not included in the World Cup)

Men's calendar & standings

Two-man

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 22 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:51.15
(55.50 / 55.65)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:51.49
(55.73 / 55.76)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Alexander Schaller
1:51.75
(55.89 / 55.86)
[3]
2 29 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:45.08
(52.64 / 52.44)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schaller
1:45.13
(52.67 / 52.46)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Tim Becker
1:45.89
(53.07 / 52.82)
[4]
3 20 Dec 2025 Sigulda  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:38.97
(49.34 / 49.63)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
1:39.20
(49.49 / 49.71)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:39.39
(49.52 / 49.87)
[5]
4 21 Dec 2025  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:38.84
(49.40 / 49.44)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller/
Tim Becker
1:39.37
(49.67 / 49.70)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
1:39.66
(49.95 / 49.71)
[6]
5 3 Jan 2026 Winterberg  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:49.81
(54.88 / 54.93)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Alexander Schaller
1:50.11
(55.24 / 54.87)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:50.32
(55.08 / 55.24)
[7]
6 10 Jan 2026    St. Moritz  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
2:12.24
(1:06.28 / 1:05.96)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
2:13.02
(1:06.71 / 1:06.31)
 Great Britain
Brad Hall
Taylor Lawrence
2:13.43
(1:06.76 / 1:06.71)
[8]
7 17 Jan 2026 Altenberg  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:50.13
(55.08 / 55.05)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:50.58
(55.19 / 55.39)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:50.64
(55.49 / 55.15)
[9]
Overall  Germany
Johannes Lochner
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
 Germany
Adam Ammour
[10]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Johannes Lochner 22 November 2025 – 17 January 2026 Cortina d'Ampezzo Altenberg 7

Standings

Rank[11] Racer Points COR IGL SIG1 SIG2 WIN STM ALT
1 Johannes Lochner 1560 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 Francesco Friedrich 1465 2 2 1 2 3 2 3
3 Adam Ammour 1396 3 3 3 3 2 6 2
4 Frank Del Duca 1264 5 4 5 6 5 7 6
5 Kim Jin-su 1248 4 4 10 8 6 4 4
6 Brad Hall 1056 6 17 12 7 14 3 5
7 Markus Treichl 1032 10 9 6 9 10 13 10
8    Michael Vogt 1008 9 12 4 4 8 5 -
9 Patrick Baumgartner 928 7 16 8 5 22 12 11
10 Jēkabs Kalenda 912 13 8 7 13 18 10 13

Four-man

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 23 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:49.73
(54.75 / 54.98)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:49.95
(54.93 / 55.02)
 South Korea
Kim Jin-su
Kim Sun-wook
Kim Hyeong-geun
Lee Geon-u
1:50.34
(55.14 / 55.20)
[12]
2 30 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Tim Becker
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:43.68
(51.67 / 52.01)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:43.96
(52.04 / 51.92)
 Italy
Patrick Baumgartner
Eric Fantazzini
Robert Mircea
Lorenzo Bilotti
1:44.15
(52.00 / 52.15)
[13]
3 13 Dec 2025 Lillehammer  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:39.88
(49.81 / 50.07)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:40.02
(49.77 / 50.25)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Alexander Schaller
1:40.04
(49.89 / 50.15)
[14]
4 14 Dec 2025  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Oliver Peschk
Georg Fleischhauer
1:40.01
(49.80 / 50.21)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Costa Laurenz
1:40.27
(50.08 / 50.19)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schaller
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:40.29
(50.02 / 50.27)
[15]
5 4 Jan 2026 Winterberg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Costa Laurenz
1:49.07
(54.47 / 54.60)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Oliver Peschk
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:49.09
(54.56 / 54.53)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Alexander Schaller
1:49.13
(54.61 / 54.52)
[16]
6 11 Jan 2026    St. Moritz  Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Alexander Schaller
2:09.51
(1:05.04 / 1:04.47)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
2:09.58
(1:04.95 / 1:04.63)
 Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Dominik Hufschmid
Andreas Haas
Amadou David Ndiaye
2:10.06
(1:05.25 / 1:04.81)
[17]
7 18 Jan 2026 Altenberg  Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Alexander Schaller
1:49.13
(54.78 / 54.35)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:49.15
(54.59 / 54.56)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:49.28
(54.64 / 54.64)
[18]
Overall  Germany
Johannes Lochner
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
 Germany
Adam Ammour
[19]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Johannes Lochner 23 November 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1
Francesco Friedrich 30 November 2025 Innsbruck 1
Johannes Lochner 13 December 2025 – 18 January 2026 Lillehammer Altenberg 5

Standings

Rank[20] Racer Points COR IGL LIL1 LIL2 WIN STM ALT
1 Johannes Lochner 1515 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 Francesco Friedrich 1446 2 1 2 3 1 6 3
3 Adam Ammour 1436 5 4 3 2 3 1 1
4 Brad Hall 1224 6 10 6 5 4 8 4
5 Markus Treichl 1200 4 5 14 9 5 4 5
6 Patrick Baumgartner 1104 8 3 4 4 7 4 0
7 Cédric Follador 1072 9 9 8 15 6 7 8
8 Kim Jin-su 1018 3 7 6 14 10 23 7
9 Michael Vogt 968 10 6 5 8 15 3 -
10 Taylor Austin 941 11 24 11 7 9 12 6

Men's combined standings

Rank after all 14 events[21] Points
1 Johannes Lochner 3075
2 Francesco Friedrich 2911
3 Adam Ammour 2832
4 Brad Hall 2280
5 Kim Jin-su 2266
6 Markus Treichl 2232
7 Patrick Baumgartner 2032
8 Michael Vogt 1976
9 Cédric Follador 1946
10 Frank Del Duca 1742

Women's calendar & standings

Monobob

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 22 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo Laura Nolte 1:59.47
(59.80 / 59.67)
Kaysha Love 1:59.62
(59.74 / 59.88)
Breeana Walker 1:59.63
(59.85 / 59.78)
[22]
2 29 Nov 2025 Innsbruck Kaysha Love 1:52.02
(56.05 / 55.97)
Laura Nolte 1:52.19
(56.14 / 56.05)
Lisa Buckwitz 1:52.33
(56.22 / 56.11)
[23]
3 13 Dec 2025 Lillehammer Breeana Walker 1:47.88
(53.86 / 54.02)
Katrin Beierl 1:48.32
(54.14 / 54.18)
Laura Nolte 1:48.36
(54.11 / 54.25)
[24]
4 20 Dec 2025 Sigulda Breeana Walker 1:46.48
(53.12 / 53.36)
Laura Nolte 1:46.59
(53.13 / 53.46)
Katrin Beierl 1:46.62
(53.05 / 53.57)
[25]
5 3 Jan 2026 Winterberg Laura Nolte 1:58.37
(58.90 / 59.47)
Cynthia Appiah 1:58.53
(59.15 / 59.38)
Lisa Buckwitz 1:58.57
(58.86 / 59.71)
[26]
6 10 Jan 2026    St. Moritz Breeana Walker 2:23.27
(1:11.98 / 1:11.29)
Melanie Hasler 2:23.80
(1:21.21 / 1:11.59)
Katrin Beierl 2:23.95
(1:12.46 / 1:11.49)
[27]
7 17 Jan 2026 Altenberg Kaillie Humphries 1:58.97
(59.43 / 59.54)
Breeana Walker 1:59.10
(59.50 / 59.60)
Laura Nolte 1:59.16
(59.47 / 59.69)
[28]
Overall Laura Nolte Breeana Walker Lisa Buckwitz [29]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Laura Nolte 22 November 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1
Laura Nolte
Kaysha Love
29 November 2025 Innsbruck 1
Laura Nolte 13 December 2025 – 17 January 2026 Lillehammer Altenberg 5

Standings

Rank[30] Racer Points COR IGL LIL SIG WIN STM ALT
1 Laura Nolte 1446 1 2 3 2 1 6 3
2 Breeana Walker 1429 3 4 1 1 9 1 2
3 Lisa Buckwitz 1320 5 3 5 4 3 7 4
4 Kaillie Humphries 1289 4 9 7 6 5 4 1
5 Katrin Beierl 1234 12 13 2 3 4 3 5
6 Melissa Lotholz 1152 6 5 6 18 6 5 6
7 Cynthia Appiah 1058 13 14 8 8 2 11 8
8    Melanie Hasler 1058 7 7 4 6 10 2 -
9 Kaysha Love 1051 2 1 14 10 8 14 17
10 Elana Meyers Taylor 1026 8 12 11 9 6 9 9

Two-woman

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 23 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:54.23
(56.98 / 57.25)
 United States
Kaysha Love
Azaria Hill
1:55.00
(57.52 / 57.48)
 United States
Kaillie Humphries
Sylvia Hoffman
1:55.02
(57.49 / 57.53)
[31]
2 30 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:47.51
(53.78 / 53.73)
 United States
Kaysha Love
Sylvia Hoffman
1:47.92
(54.12 / 53.80)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:48.03
(54.07 / 53.96)
[32]
3 14 Dec 2025 Lillehammer  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:43.49
(51.72 / 51.77)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Talea Prepens
1:44.05
(51.98 / 52.07)
 Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Kira Lipperheide/
Neele Schuten
1:44.11
(52.01 / 52.10)
[33]
4 21 Dec 2025 Sigulda  United States
Kaillie Humphries
Emily Renna
1:42.80
(51.46 / 51.34)
 Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Lauryn Siebert
1:43.07
(51.44 / 51.63)
 Germany
Laura Nolte
Leonie Kluwig
1:43.08
(51.49 / 51.59)
[34]
5 4 Jan 2026 Winterberg  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:53.63
(57.11 / 56.52)
 Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Kira Lipperheide
1:53.79
(57.00 / 56.79)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig/
Talea Prepens
1:54.29
(57.29 / 57.00)
[35]
6 11 Jan 2026    St. Moritz  United States
Kaillie Humphries
Emily Renna
2:18.40
(1:09.55 / 1:08.85)
 Switzerland
Melanie Hasler
Nadja Pasternack
2:18.41
(1:09.63 / 1:08.78)
 Germany
Laura Nolte
Leonie Kluwig
2:18.43
(1:09.82 / 1:08.61)
[36]
7 18 Jan 2026 Altenberg  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:52.33
(55.96 / 56.37)
 United States
Kaillie Humphries
Jasmine Jones
1:53.23
(56.35 / 56.88)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Lauryn Siebert
1:53.39
(56.59 / 56.80)
[37]
Overall  Germany
Laura Nolte
 United States
Kaillie Humphries
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
[38]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Laura Nolte 23 November 2025 – 18 January 2026 Cortina d'Ampezzo Altenberg 7

Standings

Rank[39] Racer Points COR IGL LIL SIG WIN STM ALT
1 Laura Nolte 1525 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
2 Kaillie Humphries 1428 3 4 5 1 4 1 2
3 Kim Kalicki 1370 4 3 2 6 3 4 3
4 Lisa Buckwitz 1332 7 5 3 2 2 5 6
5 Katrin Beierl 1216 5 7 7 10 5 6 4
6 Elana Meyers Taylor 1168 6 6 9 4 8 10 7
7 Melanie Hasler 1050 8 9 8 5 5 2
8 Kaysha Love 1036 2 2 4 13 10 8
9 Debora Annen 920 12 13 6 7 7 8
10 Margot Boch 920 14 10 14 14 9 11 9

Women's combined standings

Rank after all 14 events[40] Points
1 Laura Nolte 2971
2 Kaillie Humphries 2717
3 Lisa Buckwitz 2652
4 Katrin Beierl 2450
5 Elana Meyers Taylor 2194
6 Kim Kalicki 2178
7 Melanie Hasler 2108
8 Kaysha Love 2087
9 Cynthia Appiah 1962
10 Melissa Lotholz 1944

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany21192060
2 United States4419
3 Australia3115
4 Switzerland0213
5 Austria0123
6 Canada0101
7 Great Britain0011
 Italy0011
 South Korea0011
Totals (9 entries)28282884

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup for men and women.

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2-Man, 4-Man, Monobob, 2-Woman 225 210 200 192 184 176 168 160 152 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 74 68

See also

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