Germany Sweeps Top 4 in Winterberg EC Skeleton

From Winterberg, GER

(Nov. 17, 2017) Germany swept the top four spots in the third round of the IBSF European Cup men’s skeleton tour, with Martin Rosenberger getting the win.

Rosenberger was the fastest athlete in both heats to beat countryman Fabian Küchler by .22 over two runs. Their teammates Felix Seibel and Dominic Rady rounded out the top four.

Krists Netlaus of Latvia was the top non-German, finishing fifth, .01 ahead of Craig Thompson of Great Britain.

Stephen Garbett was the top-scoring american in 11th, while Alex Ivanov just missed the cut for the second run in 21st.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martin Rosenberger GER 4.97 4.96 57.42 56.95 1:54.37
2 Fabian Küchler GER 4.99 5.00 57.49 57.10 1:54.59
3 Felix Seibel GER 5.00 5.02 58.14 57.53 1:55.67
4 Dominic Rady GER 4.93 4.98 57.94 57.74 1:55.68
5 Krists Netlaus LAT 5.06 5.04 58.30 57.88 1:56.18
6 Craig Thompson GBR 4.94 4.92 58.60 57.59 1:56.19
7 Alisher Mamedov RUS 5.19 5.14 58.20 58.05 1:56.25
8 Konstantin Khoroshko RUS 5.16 5.10 58.57 57.82 1:56.39
9 Samuel Maier AUT 5.19 5.21 58.54 57.99 1:56.53
10 Artem Drozdov RUS 5.06 5.00 58.66 57.89 1:56.55
11 Stephen Garbett USA 5.16 5.15 58.76 58.17 1:56.93
12 Basil Sieber SUI 5.26 5.31 58.53 58.44 1:56.97
12 Marco Rohrer SUI 5.07 5.09 59.13 57.84 1:56.97
14 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 5.12 5.10 58.94 58.48 1:57.42
15 Dorin Velicu ROU 5.14 5.12 58.95 58.48 1:47.43
15 Alexander Schlintner AUT 5.21 5.24 59.00 54.43 1:57.43
17 Stefan Squire GBR 5.17 5.14 59.21 58.25 1:57.46
18 Michal Jakobczyk POL 5.06 5.07 58.48 59.12 1:57.60
19 Lucas Defayet FRA 5.18 5.16 59.43 58.91 1:58.34
20 Denis Lorenčič SLO 5.39 5.37 59.62 59.31 1:58.93
21 Alex Ivanov USA 5.37 59.67
22 Mihail Enache ROU 5.35 59.79
23 Ferdinand Mulassano ITA 5.23 60.08
24 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 5.34 60.21
25 Maximilian Goldmann SUI 5.58 60.35
26 Bram Zeegers NED 5.70 60.58
27 Marin Bangiev BUL 5.60 60.68
28 Sergei Bellver Catalan ESP 5.60 60.70
29 Nathan Jackson AUS 5.75 60.89
30 Colin Freeling BEL 6.17 63.86