From Winterleiten, AUT
(Jan. 12, 2019) – Thomas Kammerlander was the quickest in both heats in Winterleiten on his way to his first gold medal of the 2018/2019 FIL Natural Track season.
The 2017/2018 World Cup champion cruised to a .82 second victory over Kühtai winner Alex Gruber, tying him for the season point lead int he process.
Kammerlander’s teammate, Michael Scheikl, finished in third, missing out on a silver medal by .05.
Patrick Pigneter, FLorian Glatzl, an d Florian Clara rounded out the top six.
Aleksandr Egorov of Russia was the first non-Austrian or Italian in the field in ninth. Russia filled in positions 9-12.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Thomas Kammerlander | AUT | 45 | 8.77 | 8.76 | 1:10.99 | 1:11.02 | 2:22.01 |
| 2 | Alex Gruber | ITA | 46 | 8.98 | 9.03 | 1:11.60 | 1:11.23 | 2:22.83 |
| 3 | Michael Scheikl | AUT | 42 | 8.85 | 8.85 | 1:11.25 | 1:11.63 | 2:22.88 |
| 4 | Patrick Pigneter | ITA | 43 | 8.96 | 8.95 | 1:11.09 | 1:11.98 | 2:23.07 |
| 5 | Florian Glatzl | AUT | 44 | 9.03 | 8.94 | 1:11.65 | 1:12.02 | 2:23.67 |
| 6 | Florian Clara | ITA | 41 | 8.99 | 9.00 | 1:12.15 | 1:11.95 | 2:24.10 |
| 7 | Matthias Troger | ITA | 22 | 9.12 | 9.12 | 1:12.40 | 1:13.10 | 2:25.50 |
| 8 | Christian Schopf | AUT | 40 | 9.08 | 8.83 | 1:12.81 | 1:12.85 | 2:25.66 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Egorov | RUS | 48 | 9.13 | 9.00 | 1:13.06 | 1:12.63 | 2:25.69 |
| 10 | Iurii Talykh | RUS | 36 | 9.24 | 9.22 | 1:12.87 | 1:13.01 | 2:25.88 |
| 11 | Stanislav Kovshik | RUS | 14 | 9.20 | 9.16 | 1:13.10 | 1:12.85 | 2:25.95 |
| 12 | Grigory Bukin | RUS | 37 | 8.86 | 8.98 | 1:13.09 | 1:13.27 | 2:26.36 |
| 13 | Marius Schmelzer | GER | 35 | 9.41 | 9.33 | 1:14.23 | 1:13.37 | 2:27.60 |
| 14 | Adam Jedrzejko | POL | 33 | 9.15 | 9.13 | 1:15.08 | 1:15.06 | 2:30.14 |
| 15 | Josef Limmer | GER | 34 | 9.43 | 9.36 | 1:15.79 | 1:14.46 | 2:30.25 |
| 16 | Myroslav Lenko | UKR | 24 | 9.26 | 9.24 | 1:15.40 | 1:15.95 | 2:31.35 |
| 17 | Bine Mekina | SLO | 32 | 9.59 | 9.49 | 1:15.94 | 1:16.03 | 2:31.97 |
| 18 | Matevz | SLO | 29 | 9.60 | 9.59 | 1:17.36 | 1:16.86 | 2:34.22 |
| 19 | Jerome Almer | SUI | 6 | 9.78 | 9.49 | 1:17.16 | 1:17.39 | 2:34.55 |
| 20 | Leonardo de Oliviera Silva | BRA | 1 | 9.63 | 9.53 | 1:!6.98 | 1:!7.86 | 2:23.84 |
| 21 | Renzo Atance Conde | ARG | 18 | 9.27 | 9.32 | 1:17.22 | 1:18.10 | 2:35.32 |
| 22 | Blaz Mekina | SLO | 28 | 10.01 | 9.90 | 1:17.60 | 1:18.27 | 2:35.87 |
| 23 | Rafal Szymon Zasuwa | POL | 30 | 9.41 | 9.47 | 1:18.27 | 1:19.28 | 2:37.55 |
| 24 | Andrii Hirniak | UKR | 31 | 9.35 | 9.33 | 1:18.93 | 1:18.71 | 2:37.64 |
| 25 | Ivan Lenko | UKR | 21 | 9.61 | 9.43 | 1:19.75 | 1:21.07 | 2:40.82 |
| 26 | Aleksandr Milkov | KAZ | 13 | 9.64 | 9.54 | 1:20.28 | 1:20.93 | 2:41.21 |