2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 4 – Men’s Skeleton

From Winterberg, Canada

Well that lasted all of one race.  Martins Dukurs lost last race, and clearly had issues with that.   Today he took revenge on Winterberg, setting a track record (almost breaking his own 2 hour old record on his second run), beating a very fast Alexander Tretjyakov in the process.  The Russian also broke the existing track record, but couldn’t top Dukurs.  Christopher Grotheer led the way for Germany, besting countrymen Kroeckel and Rommel to take bronze.  Kristan Bromley and Tomass Dukurs finish fourth and fifth.

Tough day for the American men, with John Daly, Kyle Tress and Matt Antoine finishing 11th, 13th and 15th.  Eric Neison led the way for Canada finishing 8th, while John Fairbairn finished 18th and Jon Montgomery couldn’t overcome an early wall-hit to finish 29th.

Kristan Bromley finished a stellar day for Bromley Tech finishing 4th, while Ed Smith finished 12th and David Smith 27th for the Brits.

Final Results:

Pos Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 6 56.35 56.36 1:52.71
2 Alexander Tretjyakov RUS 3 56.49 56.38 1:52.87
3 Christopher Grotheer GER 12 56.87 56.74 1:53.61
4 Kristan Bromley GBR 9 56.83 57.01 1:53.84
5 Tomass Dukurs LAT 5 56.91 56.98 1:53.89
6 Alexander Kroeckel GER 10 56.89 57.12 1:54.01
7 Frank Rommel GER 4 56.96 57.09 1:54.05
8 Eric Neilson CAN 1 57.18 56.98 1:54.16
9 Ben Sandford NZL 15 57.07 57.15 1:54.22
10 Sergei Chudinov RUS 14 57.18 57.34 1:54.52
11 John Daly USA 2 57.49 57.38 1:54.87
12 Ed Smith GBR 17 57.33 57.55 1:54.88
13 Kyle Tress USA 16 57.49 57.62 1:55.11
14 Michael Hoefer SUI 23 57.64 57.55 1:55.19
15 Matthew Antoine USA 8 57.56 57.64 1:55.20
16 Raphael Maier AUT 20 57.60 57.64 1:55.24
17 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 18 57.53 57.76 1:55.29
18 John Fairbairn CAN 7 57.73 57.65 1:55.38
19 Maurizio Oioli ITA 13 57.58 57.89 1:55.47
20 Lukas Kummer SUI 28 57.66 57.84 1:55.50
21 Ander Mirambell ESP 22 57.76
22 Anze Setina SLO 26 57.78
23 Shinsuke Tayama JPN 24 57.82
24 Silviu Mesarosi ROU 29 58.00
25 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 19 58.02
26 Alexandros Kefalas GRE 27 58.09
27 David Michael Swift GBR 21 58.18
28 Giovanni Mulassano ITA 25 58.21
29 Jon Montgomery CAN 11 58.58