Lanthaler Continues Perfect Season, Clinches World Cup

From Vatra Dornei, ROU

(Feb. 10, 2019) – Evelin Lanthaler stayed perfect on the season, winning her sixth race in as many starts with one race to go.

Unlike previous races, Lanthaler didn’t dominate the race, and had to come from behind to win gold. Teammate Greta Pinggera held a .08 advantage going into the second heat, but Lanthaler was significantly faster than anyone else in the second heat to take gold.

Pinggera finished second, while Ekaterina Lavrenteva finished a distant third.

With a 150 point difference between Lanthaler and Pingera, Lanthaler clinched the season title with one race to go.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Evelin Lanthaler ITA 17 5.29 5.31 1:15.15 1:15.27 2:30.42
2 Greta Pinggera ITA 16 5.23 5.20 1:15.07 1:15.68 2:30.75
3 Ekaterina Lavrenteva RUS 15 5.25 5.25 1:16.95 1:16.34 2:33.29
4 Tina Unterberger AUT 14 5.39 5.39 1:17.99 1:17.38 2:35.37
5 Michelle Diepold AUT 13 5.35 5.33 1:18.93 1:17.27 2:36.20
6 Alexandra Pfattner ITA 12 5.20 5.17 1:18.42 1:18.07 2:36.49
7 Daria Maleeva RUS 11 5.35 5.34 1:19.24 1:20.28 2:39.52
8 Aleksandra Suvorova RUS 9 5.42 5.43 1:22.84 1:23.77 2:46.61
9 Michaela Niemetz GER 10 5.41 5.39 1:23.78 1:23.04 2:46.82
10 Julia Plowy POL 7 5.35 5.45 1:23.57 1:24.49 2:48.06
11 Tamara Fissore ARG 8 5.45 5.46 1:28.88 1:27.34 2:56.22
12 Svitlana Humeniuk MDA 4 5.47 5.39 1:33.29 1:30.70 3:03.99
13 Ioana Ismana ROU 1 5.78 5.68 1:35.48 1:34.61 3:10.09
14 Nina Stanic SRB 3 5.75 5.59 1:36.85 1:35.56 3:12.41
15 Konatsu Fujiwara JPN 5 5.59 5.56 1:40.04 1:36.79 3:16.83