2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 2 - Men's Skeleton

From Park City, USA

Martins Dukurs keeps his winning streak going, but the gap is closing, and fast. The Latvian beat Germany’s Alexander Kroeckel by .05 to take his second gold of the year. Alexander Tretjyakov of Russia finishes in the bronze medal position.

John Daly led the way for the Americans in 7th, while Matt Antoine finished 9th and Kyle Tress finished 20th after a tough second run. Eric Neilson finishes 6th for the Canadians, with John Fairbairn 10th and Jon Montgomery 14th. The British team couldn’t quite crack the top 10, with Kristan Bromley 11th, David Michael Swift 15th and Ed Smith 16th.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Martins Dukurs	LAT	49.75	49.96	1:39.71
2	Alexander Kroeckel	GER	49.81	49.95	1:39.76
3	Alexander Tretjyakov	RUS	49.81	50.01	1:39.82
4	Tomass Dukurs	LAT	50.05	49.91	1:39.96
5	Frank Rommel	GER	49.93	50.08	1:40.01
6	Eric Neilson	CAN	50.09	50.09	1:40.18
7	John Daly	USA	50.13	50.25	1:40.38
8	Sergei Chudinov	RUS	50.35	50.35	1:40.70
9	Matt Antoine	USA	50.47	50.40	1:40.87
10	John Fairbairn	CAN	50.42	50.50	1:40.92
11	Kristan Bromley	GBR	50.55	50.41	1:40.96
12	Christophher Grotheer	GER	50.23	50.74	1:40.97
13	Hiroatsu Takahashi	JPN	50.51	50.52	1:41.03
14	Jon Montgomery	CAN	50.47	50.63	1:41.10
15	David Michael Swift	GBR	50.65	50.51	1:41.16
16	Ed Smith	GBR	50.95	50.51	1:41.46
17	Ander Mirambell	ESP	50.88	50.66	1:41.54
18	Matthias Guggenberger	AUT	50.92	50.74	1:41.66
19	Shinsuke Tayama	JPN	50.78	50.92	1:41.70
20	Kyle Tress	USA	50.77	51.29	1:42.06
21	Maurizio Oioli	ITA	50.97
22	Raphael Maier	AUT	50.98
22	Michael Hoefer	SUI	50.98
24	Alexandros Kefalas	GRE	51.00
24	Giovanni Mulassano	ITA	51.00
26	Lukas Kummer	SUI	51.36
27	Jarle Johannessen	NOR	52.16
DNS	Ben Sandford	NZL	DNS