2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Men’s Skeleton – Race 2

From Winterberg, GER

Martins Dukurs led after the first run of Winterberg’s men’s skeleton race, and despite a quickly slowing track, the Latvian pulled away to win his second skeleton race in two tries in the 2015/2016 season.

Axel Jungk came into the second run just ahead of Russian Alexander Tretiakov, but the German couldn’t hold off the Russian Rocket, and wound up tied for silver with Tretiakov.

Sungbin Yun finished fourth after two very quick runs despite starting 12th in the first run, Christopher Grotheer finished fifth and Tomass Dukurs rounded out the top six.

Matt Antoine of the United States finished ninth, dropping two spots in his second run, and missing a top-eight by .01.  Nathan Crumpton finished a World Cup career-best 18th.

Dom Parsons was the top-finishing British slider in seventh place with two very clean and quick runs. Ed Smith finished 18th as he continues to work back from two off-season surgeries, and David Swift finished in a three-way tie for 21st with Ander Mirambell of Spain and Ronald Auderset of Switzerland.

Dave Greszczyszyn led the way for Canada in 13th place, while teammate Barrett Martineau finished 17th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 6 56.97 57.76 1:54.73
2 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 7 57.41 57.88 1:55.29
2 Axel Jungk GER 1 57.15 58.14 1:55.29
4 Sungbin Yun KOR 12 57.47 58.13 1:55.60
5 Christopher Grotheer GER 2 57.54 58.15 1:55.69
6 Tomass Dukurs LAT 5 57.50 58.22 1:55.72
7 Dominic Edward Parsons GBR 9 57.90 58.16 1:56.06
8 Michael Zachrau GER 4 57.71 58.48 1:56.19
9 Matthew Antoine USA 3 57.70 58.50 1:56.20
10 Nikita Tregybov RUS 8 57.97 58.41 1:56.38
11 Hansin Lee KOR 14 58.32 58.07 1:56.39
12 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 20 58.39 58.07 1:56.46
13 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 13 58.26 58.23 1:56.49
14 Pavel Kulikov RUS 10 58.28 58.30 1:56.58
15 Mattia Gaspari ITA 16 58.26 58.39 1:56.65
16 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 11 58.35 58.35 1:56.70
17 Barrett Martineau CAN 15 58.72 58.26 1:56.98
18 Nathan Crumpton USA 24 58.94 58.09 1:57.03
19 Ed Smith GBR 17 58.80 58.48 1:57.28
20 Marco Rohrer SUI 18 59.02 58.62 1:57.64
21 Ander Mirambell ESP 19 59.03
21 Ronald Auderset SUI 21 59.03
21 David Michael Swift GBR 22 59.03
24 Florian Auer AUT 23 59.16
25 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 26 59.67
26 Dorin Velicu ROU 25 59.92