2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Women’s Skeleton – Race 6

From Whistler, CAN

The battle between American Annie O’Shea and German Tina Hermann went into the second run separated by just .02. Both women put down seemingly perfect runs in the first heat to keep themselves far ahead of the competition.

The second run is where Hermann pulled away. Where Annie O’Shea made a small hit halfway down, Hermann was perfect, and Tina Hermann found gold for the fourth time of the 2015/2016 season. O’Shea took silver, well ahead of Jacqueline Lölling in third.

Jane Channell set a new start record and finished fourth, just outside of the medals on home ice, Sophia Griebel finished fifth to put all three Germans in the top five, while Marina Gilardoni finished sixth for Switzerland.

Elisabeth Vathje made it two Canadians in the top ten by finishing tenth, while teammate Cassie Hawrysh finished 19th. Kendall Wesenberg had a rough bottom of her second run, finishing 16th for the United States.

Micaela Widmer had a World Cup career-best finish in 11th for Switzerland, while Katie Tannenbaum finished 20th for the US Virgin Islands.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Tina Hermann GER 2 54.57 54.33 1:48.90
2 Annie O’Shea USA 4 54.55 54.54 1:49.09
3 Jacqueline Lölling GER 7 54.77 54.71 1:49.48
4 Jane Channell CAN 6 55.15 54.72 1:49.87
5 Sophia Griebel GER 5 54.98 54.98 1:49.96
6 Marina Gilardoni SUI 10 55.25 54.99 1:50.24
7 Olga Potylitsina RUS 17 55.44 54.96 1:50.40
8 Laura Deas GBR 9 55.22 55.21 1:50.43
9 Janine Flock AUT 1 55.49 54.95 1:50.44
10 Elisabeth Vathje CAN 3 55.58 55.22 1:50.80
11 Micaela Widmer SUI 15 55.63 55.21 1:50.84
12 Donna Creighton GBR 12 55.32 55.76 1:51.08
13 Joska le Conte NED 16 55.99 55.25 1:51.24
14 Renata Khuzina RUS 20 56.22 55.12 1:51.34
15 Anastasia Shlapak RUS 18 55.74 55.62 1:51.36
16 Kendall Wesenberg USA 11 56.09 55.30 1:51.39
17 Kim Meylemans BEL 8 56.24 55.69 1:51.93
18 Takako Oguchi JPN 13 56.55 55.46 1:52.01
19 Cassie Hawrysh CAN 14 56.50 56.10 1:52.60
20 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 19 57.08 56.63 1:53.71