From Altenberg, GER
In PyeongChang, Roman Repilov had a chance to clinch the overall World Cup title. Felix Loch was out of the race with the flu, and Wolfgang Kindl was far enough out that even a mid-pack finish would be enough to lock things up. Instead, the Russian finished 28th, leaving the door open for Loch if he had another bad race.
Repilov came back strong, setting the track record on his way to a .461 victory over Loch. The Russian was fastest at every split but the start on his way to his third gold medal of the season.
Loch finished second, well ahead of teammate Johannes Ludwig, who took bronze.
Tucker West finished his season strong with a fourth place run, ahead of Italian Dominick Fischnaller and German qualifier Chris Eissler.
West’s finish was the only bright spot for the American men. Taylor Morris finished 14th, moving up from 17th after the first run. Chris Mazdzer came into the second run in tenth, but trouble for him at the bottom of the Altenberg track dropped him to 25th. John Fennell finished 27th to round out the effort for the United States.
Mitchel Malyk finished 17th as the top Canadian, a few spots ahead of teammate Samuel Edney, who finished 20th.
With his win, Roman Repilov is the 2016/2017 FIL World Cup champion, finishing with three gold medals to Felix Loch’s two. Wolfgang Kindl finished third overall.
Results:
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 31 | 7.159 | 7.119 | 53.785 | 53.452 | 1:47.237 |
2 | Felix Loch | GER | 25 | 7.201 | 7.192 | 54.049 | 53.649 | 1:47.698 |
3 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 29 | 7.130 | 7.117 | 54.229 | 53.808 | 1:48.037 |
4 | Tucker West | USA | 26 | 7.151 | 7.141 | 54.205 | 53.998 | 1:48.203 |
5 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 25 | 7.161 | 7.151 | 54.340 | 53.879 | 1:48.219 |
6 | Chris Eissler | GER | 17 | 7.154 | 7.138 | 54.340 | 53.879 | 1:48.249 |
7 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 28 | 7.422 | 7.235 | 54.554 | 53.722 | 1:48.276 |
8 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 16 | 7.189 | 7.181 | 54.554 | 53.722 | 1:48.289 |
9 | Inars Kivlenieks | LAT | 30 | 7.152 | 7.202 | 54.466 | 53.897 | 1:48.363 |
10 | Stepan Fedorov | RUS | 21 | 7.160 | 7.150 | 54.474 | 53.950 | 1:48.424 |
11 | Armin Frauscher | AUT | 23 | 7.144 | 7.134 | 54.518 | 53.953 | 1:48.471 |
12 | Alexander Gorbatsevich | RUS | 19 | 7.177 | 7.195 | 54.661 | 63.864 | 1:48.525 |
13 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 14 | 7.322 | 7.390 | 54.392 | 54.216 | 1:48.608 |
14 | Taylor Morris | USA | 7 | 7.348 | 7.288 | 54.635 | 54.015 | 1:48.650 |
15 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 18 | 7.184 | 7.186 | 54.552 | 54.147 | 1:48.699 |
16 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 10 | 7.208 | 7.226 | 54.763 | 54.221 | 1:48.984 |
17 | Mitchel Malyk | CAN | 8 | 7.292 | 7.249 | 54.979 | 54.173 | 1:49.152 |
18 | Maciej Kurowski | POL | 11 | 7.293 | 7.327 | 54.760 | 54.395 | 1:49.155 |
19 | Ondrej Hyman | CZE | 15 | 7.290 | 7.272 | 54.784 | 54.553 | 1:49.337 |
20 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 22 | 7.198 | 7.190 | 54.403 | 54.938 | 1:49.341 |
20 | Samuel Edney | CAN | 20 | 7.245 | 7.255 | 54.685 | 54.656 | 1:49.341 |
22 | Emanuel Rieder | ITA | 6 | 7.186 | 7.179 | 54.874 | 54.626 | 1:49.500 |
23 | Theo Gruber | ITA | 4 | 7.246 | 7.272 | 54.884 | 54.684 | 1:49.568 |
24 | Christian Paffe | GER | 12 | 7.248 | 7.226 | 54.528 | 55.054 | 1:49.582 |
25 | Kristaps Maurins | LAT | 9 | 7.493 | 7.181 | 55.323 | 54.358 | 1:49.681 |
26 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 13 | 7.258 | 7.290 | 55.342 | 54.818 | 1:50.160 |
27 | John Fannell | USA | 2 | 7.159 | 7.214 | 54.984 | 55.370 | 1:50.354 |
28 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 3 | 7.341 | 7.256 | 55.120 | 55.881 | 1:51.001 |
29 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 32 | 7.156 | 7.149 | 53.989 | 57.634 | 1:51.632 |
30 | Doung Kyu Kang | KOR | 1 | 7.390 | 7.302 | 56.211 | 55.284 | 1:52.035 |
31 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 24 | 7.287 | 7.222 | 54.947 | 62.590 | 1:57.537 |
DNS | Maksim Aravin | RUS | 5 | 7.338 | DNF |