2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 6 - Men's Skeleton

From Altenberg, Germany

Martins Dukurs is pretty fast. The Latvian will be taking a .25 second lead into the second heat ahead of Germany’s Alexander Kroeckel. Kroeckel’s teammates Frank Rommel and Christopher Grotheer hold third and fourth, while the leader’s brother, Tomass, is fifth.

It was a rough day for the American men, with John Daly and Brad Stewart sitting 18th and 19th respectively. Kyle Tress just misses the cut, and will get credit for 21st. Olympic champion Jon Montgomery leads the way for Canada in seventh, while Eric Neilson and John Fairbairn are 12th and 15th. Brits Kristan Bromley, Ed Smith and Dominic Parsons will all go into the second heat in the top 10, with Bromley 6th, Smith 9th and Parsons 10th.

Weather has continued to be an issue as tends to happen in Altenberg, though at least for the first heat the amount of rain and drizzle was relatively consistent for most of the sliders.

Results after Heat 1:

Pos	Name	Nation	Draw	Run 1
1	Martins Dukurs	LAT	2	58.96
2	Alexander Kroeckel	GER	10	59.21
3	Frank Rommel	GER	6	59.51
4	Christopher Grotheer	GER	3	59.55
5	Tomass Dukurs	LAT	9	59.82
6	Kristan Bromley	GBR	1	59.96
7	Jon Montgomery	CAN	4	60.07
8	Ben Sandford	NZL	13	60.14
9	Ed Smith	GBR	11	60.32
10	Dominic Parsons	GBR	12	60.46
11	Anton Batuev	RUS	19	60.47
12	John Fairbairn	CAN	8	60.54
13	Maurizio Oioli	ITA	15	60.63
14	Raphael Maier	AUT	17	60.75
15	Eric Neilson	CAN	7	60.76
16	Alexander Mutovin	RUS	21	60.91
17	Matthias Guggenberger	AUT	18	61.14
18	John Daly	USA	5	61.28
19	Brad Stewart	USA	20	61.37
20	Hiroatsu Takahashi	JPN	16	61.43
21	Kyle Tress	USA	14	61.56
22	Alexandros Kefalas	GRE	22	61.72
23	Silviu Mesarosi	ROU	23	63.01

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