Rukosuev Edges Bagnis for EC Gold

February 19, 2021 ken News, Skeleton News 0

From Igls, AUT

Feb. 19, 2021 – Russia’s Evgeniy Rukosuev edged out Italy’s Amedeo Bagnis to win gold in the European Cup finale in Igls.

The race was tight throughout the field, with Austria’s Alexander Schlintner holding a .02 second advantage over Rukosuev going into the second heat. On the second run, Bagnis threw down the fastest run of the race, which was enough to jump Lukas Nydegger and move into the medals. Rukosuev’s second time was slower than Bagnis’ but the Russian had enough time banked to edge out the Italian by .02. Alexander Schlintner could only muster the third qiuckest time of the heat to drop out of the lead and into third.

The win for Rukosuev came in his first European Cup start in two years and was his third straight victory on the EC tour. For Bagnis, the silver medal is his fourth straight medal on the back end of three straight golds.

Germany’s Lukas Nydegger and Cedric Renner finished fourth and fifth, while Great Britain’s Laurence Bostock rounded out the top six.

The United States’ John Daly finished 12th. The race qualified Daly to compete in the IBSF World Cup over the 2021/2022 season.

Great Britain’s Patrick Atkin finished one spot behind Daly in 13th in his first IBSF international competition. Daniel Read finished 23rd and Ronnie Wells 25th to round out the British efffort.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Evgeniy Rukosuev RUS 41 4.88 4.94 52.43 52.50 1:44.93
2 Amedeo Bagnis ITA 33 4.96 4.95 52.58 52.38 1:44.96
3 Alexander Schlintner AUT 9 5.02 5.07 52.41 52.66 1:45.07
4 Lukas Dvaid Nydegger GER 4 5.07 5.13 52.45 52.68 1:45.13
5 Cedric Renner GER 13 5.14 5.08 52.65 52.71 1:45.36
6 Laurence Bostock GBR 7 4.95 4.91 52.78 52.78 1:45.50
7 Vladyslav Heraskevich UKR 31 5.08 5.06 52.81 52.77 1:45.58
8 Krists Netlaus LAT 10 5.06 5.06 52.72 52.95 1:45.67
9 Mihail Sebastian Enache ROU 2 5.04 5.00 52.95 52.89 1:45.84
10 Florian Auer AUT 38 5.09 5.16 52.92 53.08 1:56.00
11 Dmitri Grevtsev RUS 14 4.99 5.01 52.94 53.07 1:46.01
12 John Daly USA 34 5.09 5.09 53.10 53.05 1:46.15
13 Patrick Atkin GBR 36 4.86 4.83 52.99 53.37 1:46.36
13 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 11 5.24 5.18 53.15 53.21 1:46.36
15 Samuel Keiser SUI 29 5.17 5.16 53.08 53.35 1:46.43
16 Valts Smilga LAT 21 5.17 5.12 53.19 53.34 1:46.53
16 Elvils Veinbergs LAT 20 5.11 5.11 53.29 53.24 1:46.53
18 Kirill Valentovich RUS 15 5.14 5.15 53.11 53.44 1:46.55
19 Giovanni Marchetti ITA 25 5.09 5.06 53.31 53.38 1:46.69
20 Livio Summermatter SUI 17 5.12 5.15 53.30 53.54 1:46.84
21 Mikhail Siutkin RUS 19 5.09 53.42
22 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 8 5.22 53.50
23 Daniel Read GBR 28 5.07 53.58
24 Cedrik Langer GER 26 5.16 53.61
25 Lucas Defayet FRA 1 5.31 53.65
25 Ronnie Wells GBR 39 4.88 53.65
27 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 24 5.07 53.67
27 Adrian Rodriguez ESP 3 5.09 53.67
29 Sandro Mai AUT 16 5.11 53.74
29 Vinzenz Buff SUI 23 5.44 53.74
31 Rasmus Johansen DEN 5 5.22 53.85
32 Christofer Eriksson SWE 40 5.05 53.87
33 Gabriele Marenchino ITA 6 5.06 53.94
34 Pietro Drovanti ITA 18 5.09 54.03
35 Timon Drahonovsky CZE 22 5.43 54.09
36 Colin Freeling BEL 12 5.32 54.44
37 Samuel Maier AUT 32 6.08 54.56
38 Aris Spillmann SUI 37 5.54 55.06
39 Domokos Kocsis HUN 27 6.39 57.69
40 Alberto Porras ESP 35 5.66 58.41
41 Mateusz Lubecki POL 30 7.42 63.21