2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 7 – Men’s Skeleton

From Königssee, Germany

Last season Martins Dukurs lost exactly once, on the icy slope of Königssee.  Having already gotten his one loss out of the way this year, Dukurs took out last year’s frustration on the field.  He finishes a half second ahead of Frank Rommel. The German won in Königssee last year, but will settle for silver, just ahead of Alexander Tretjyakov.  The Russian about flipped mid-run but still outraced Alexander Kroeckel, who finishes fourth.  Tomass Dukurs finishes fifth.

American John Daly got the run he had been looking for in the first heat, putting down a time over .4 faster than his first run.  Daly was rewarded with a T-11th place finish, while teammates Matt Antoine and Kyle Tress finish 17th and 21st, respectively.

With an even bigger run than John Daly, Dominic Parsons of Great Britain scored his first career World Cup top 10, jumping from 15th after Heat 1 to 7th after Heat 2.  Kristan Bromley takes 18th, with Ed Smith one spot behind in 19th.  Jon Montgomery looks like he’s finally found his mid-season form, and the Canadian finishes 6th after two consistant runs.  Teammate Eric Neilson joins him in the top 10 in 8th, while John Fairbairn scores 15th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 8 50.93 51.14 1:42.07
2 Frank Rommel GER 9 51.35 51.19 1:42.54
3 Alexander Tretjyakov RUS 5 51.44 51.33 1:42.77
4 Alexander Kroeckel GER 4 51.44 51.69 1:43.13
5 Tomass Dukurs LAT 1 51.67 51.47 1:43.14
6 Jon Montgomery CAN 13 51.67 51.55 1:43.22
7 Dominic Parsons GBR 15 52.39 51.74 1:44.13
8 Eric Neilson CAN 2 52.19 51.95 1:44.14
9 Christopher Grotheer GER 3 51.87 52.28 1:44.15
10 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 20 52.00 52.28 1:44.28
11 John Daly USA 7 52.48 52.01 1:44.49
11 Raphael Maier AUT 19 52.23 52.26 1:44.49
13 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 18 52.40 52.31 1:44.71
14 Maurizio Oioli ITA 16 52.13 52.59 1:44.72
15 John Fairbairn CAN 11 52.24 52.52 1:44.76
16 Sergei Chudinov RUS 6 52.30 52.52 1:44.82
17 Matthew Antoine USA 12 52.45 52.65 1:45.10
18 Kristan Bromley GBR 10 52.38 52.87 1:45.25
19 Ed Smith GBR 14 52.58 52.87 1:45.45
20 Michael Hoefer SUI 21 52.61 53.03 1:45.64
21 Kyle Tress USA 17 52.70
22 Anze Setina SLO 23 52.91
23 Lukas Kummer SUI 24 52.97
24 Ander Mirambell ESP 22 53.14
25 Giovanni Mulassano ITA 25 53.29
26 Dorin Velicu ROU 26 53.55