Seibel Wins First of the Season in Königssee

From Königssee, GER

Dec. 14, 2019 – Felix Seibel won his first race of the 2019/2020 season, edging out teammate Lukas Nydegger for gold.

Seibel sat third, just .11 behind Latvian Krists Netlaus, going into the second heat. On that second run Seibel set the fast time of the race, putting the pressure on the men around him. Nobody could answer, giving Seibel his first win of the 2019/2020 European Cup season and his second win overall.

Both wins for Seibel have been in Königssee, though the young German has never finished out of the top six in EC action.

Nydegger, who won the first race of the season, finished just .08 out in second, while Netlaus settled for bronze.

Cedric Renner and Ludwig Mannhardt help put all four German men in the top five with their fourth and fifth place finishes, respectively, while Mattia Gaspari finished sixth for Italy.

Austin McCrary finished tenth in a 41-man field for the United States, while Laurence Bostock and Ben Fulker finished 13th and 14th respectively for Great Britain.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Felix Seibel GER 8 4.86 4.85 51.77 51.60 1:43.37
2 Lukas Nydegger GER 12 4.83 4.87 51.74 51.71 1:43.45
3 Krists Netlaus LAT 10 4.70 4.75 51.66 52.05 1:43.71
4 Cedric Renner GER 39 4.91 4.85 52.21 51.67 1:43.88
5 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 25 4.92 4.92 52.17 52.09 1:44.26
6 Mattia Gaspari ITA 22 4.79 4.84 52.30 52.11 1:44.41
7 Alexander Schlintner AUT 27 4.87 4.86 52.32 52.12 1:44.44
8 Elvis Veinbergs LAT 20 4.82 4.85 52.39 52.10 1:44.49
9 Vladislav Semenov RUS 5 4.69 4.68 52.24 52.32 1:44.56
10 Austin McCrary USA 21 5.03 4.99 52.68 52.10 1:44.78
11 Ronald Auderset SUI 6 4.77 4.76 52.63 52.25 1:44.88
12 Amedeo Bagnis ITA 16 4.68 4.62 52.78 52.21 1:44.99
13 Laurence Bostock GBR 23 4.75 4.76 52.79 52.22 1:45.01
14 Ben Fulker GBR 24 4.74 4.74 52.57 52.59 1:45.16
15 Vladislav Marchenkov RUS 9 4.87 4.84 52.74 52.68 1:45.42
16 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 7 4.80 4.77 52.54 52.99 1:45.53
17 Artem Drozdov RUS 13 4.83 4.85 53.05 52.59 1:45.64
18 Dmitriy Gizitdinov RUS 14 4.76 4.77 53.08 52.58 1:45.66
19 Matt Weston GBR 19 4.70 4.70 52.68 53.22 1:45.90
20 Mihail Enache ROU 4 4.83 4.77 52.74 54.23 1:46.97
21 Lucas Defayet FRA 11 4.90 53.14
22 Martins Muiznieks LAT 3 4.80 53.21
23 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 15 4.96 53.25
24 Philipp Moelter CZE 34 5.10 53.32
25 Jean Buff SUI 2 5.04 53.42
26 Gabriel Marenchino ITA 1 4.78 53.80
27 Rasmus Johansen DEN 26 4.98 54.10
28 Wicher Nijkamp NED 32 4.89 54.11
29 Gregory Martin RSA 29 5.10 54.22
30 Maximilian Goldmann SUI 28 5.05 54.42
31 Toshiki Kuroiwa JPN 27 4.84 54.43
32 Kevin Akeret SUI 36 5.13 54.48
33 Sandro Mai AUT 40 4.88 54.75
34 Nathan Jackson AUS 33 5.32 55.22
35 Ludvig Sahlin SWE 18 5.23 55.57
36 Francesco Pellicani ITA 31 4.96 55.60
37 Denis Lorencic SLO 37 5.25 55.74
38 Christofer Eriksson SWE 38 4.81 55.84
39 Timon Drahonovsky CZE 41 5.52 56.00
40 Roberth Klarqvist SWE 35 5.23 59.60
41 Amadou Krubally GAM 30 4.84 60.13