2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 8 - Men's Skeleton

From Igls, Austria

About a season ago I ran out of ways to explain how much better than everyone else Martins Dukurs is. To demonstrate it today, the track’s been described as a little slow and sticky this weekend. Dukurs is having none of that and has broken his own track record and has put .38 between himself and second place. Alexander Tretjyakov is second, and he has .38 between he and teammate Sergei Chudinov. Tomass Dukurs and Frank Rommel round out the top 5.

It’s been a tough weekend for the American men, but all three will take a second heat. Matt Antoine leads the way in 14th, while John Daly and Kyle Tress are 17th and 19th.

Possibly the biggest surprise of the heat is Eric Neilson, who has been fighting the flu all week. He’s he top-ranked Canadian in 6th, while teammates Jon Montgomery and John Fairbairn sit tied for 7th and 12th, respectively. Kristan Bromley and Dominic Parsons are tied for 10th, while teammate Ed Smith sits 15th going into Heat 2.

Results after Heat 1:

Pos	Name	Nation	Draw	Run 1
1	Martins Dukurs	LAT	8	52.68
2	Alexander Tretjyakov	RUS	6	53.06
3	Sergei Chudinov	RUS	5	53.44
4	Tomass Dukurs	LAT	7	53.46
5	Frank Rommel	GER	3	53.57
6	Eric Neilson	CAN	2	53.65
7	Christopher Grotheer	GER	4	53.78
7	Jon Montgomery	CAN	12	53.78
9	Alexander Kroeckel	GER	1	53.89
10	Kristan Bromley	GBR	10	53.93
10	Dominic Parsons	GBR	14	53.93
12	John Fairbairn	CAN	11	53.96
13	Lukas Kummer	SUI	23	53.97
14	Matthew Antoine	USA	13	54.04
15	Ed Smith	GBR	15	54.08
16	Hiroatsu Takahashi	JPN	16	54.09
17	John Daly	USA	9	54.11
18	Matthias Guggenberger	AUT	19	54.14
19	Kyle Tress	USA	18	54.21
20	Raphael Maier	AUT	17	54.32
21	Ander Mirambell	ESP	22	54.36
22	Giovanni Mulassano	ITA	24	54.49
23	Michael Hoefer	SUI	20	54.52
24	Anze Setina	SLO	21	54.55
25	Dorin Velicu	ROU	25	54.66
26	Gert Koetje	NED	26	56.30