Zheng Wins AC Finale, Yeo Wins Season Title

From Yanqing, CHN

(December 1, 2024) – In a repeat from Saturday’s penultimate race, Roujun Zheng led a Chinese sweep of the men’s skeleton podium on Sunday, but it was Chanhyuk Yeo of Korea who walked away with the season title.

Zheng trailed teammate Guoqing Yu after one heat, with Zhongxu Lin in third. In the second heat Zheng put down the fast run of the race to take the lead from Lin, and Yu was unable to match it as he crossed the line .31 back behind Zheng to finish second.

The finish was a duplicate of the previous day’s race, with Zheng taking gold, Yu silver, and Lin bronze.

Jonathan Yaw matched a season-best finish with a fourth place finish for Malaysia. Taiwan’s Chun-Hung Chiang took fifth, while China’s Junbiao Yang finished sixth.

Korea’s Chanhyuk Yeo finished seventh, which was enough to secure the season title ahead of Zhongxu Lin by 46 points. Wengang Yan, who won three races on the season before heading to Europe, finished the year in third.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Ruojun Zheng CHN 10 4.90 4.85 61.99 61.36 2:03.35
2 Guoqing Yu CHN 6 4.90 4.89 61.87 61.79 2:03.66
3 Zhongxu Lin CHN 7 4.85 4.84 62.06 61.89 2:03.95
4 Jonathan Yaw MAS 4 4.96 4.98 62.93 62.74 2:05.67
5 Chun-Hung Chiang TPE 2 5.06 5.09 62.80 62.94 2:05.74
6 Junbiao Yang CHN 11 4.73 4.77 62.95 63.04 2:05.99
7 Chanhyuk Yeo KOR 8 4.86 4.85 63.93 63.15 2:07.08
8 Qinzhou Bai CHN 13 4.97 5.02 64.05 63.95 2:08.00
9 Lin-Wei Peng TPE 5 4.91 4.93 63.31 65.28 2:08.59
10 Sungsu Lee KOR 1 4.88 4.92 64.09 65.07 2:09.16
11 Kevin Heng Lee TPE 12 5.11 5.08 65.25 64.65 2:09.90
12 Yeonsu Shin KOR 3 5.01 5.04 65.53 64.58 2:10.11
13 Eunwoo Kwack KOR 9 5.15 5.13 65.19 66.66 2:11.85