From Bludenz, AUT
(December 21, 2024) – Julia Erlacher continued a strong 2024/2025 season with a win in a one-heat race in Bludenz.
Erlacher was the fourth slider off the top, and slid to a .38 second advantage over teammate Annia Unterscheider. From there, only Viktoria Hansova could get within Erlacher, as the Austrian slid to gold for the third time in the 2024/2025 season.
Hansova finished second, with Unterscheider third.
The United States’ Mystique Ro came into the race undefeated in Bludenz, but on Saturday slid to fourth place on the strength of the third quickest start of the competition. She beat out China’s Guanshuo Wang, who finished fifth, while Viktoria Dönicke rounded out the top six.
The United States’ Michelle Toukan tied for seventh with Germany’s Charlize Reimann, her fifth finish in the top seven to start the Europe Cup season.
Lichtenstein’s Katharina Eigenmann finished 14th, while Malta’s Shannon Galea finished 24th.
With three races to go in the 2024/2025 IBSF Europe Cup skeleton season, Julia Erlacher leads Viktoria Dönicke by 118 points. Viktoria Hansova is third and the top junior on tour, while Michelle Toukan and Annia Unterscheider round out the top five.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start | Finish |
| 1 | Julia Erlacher | AUT | 4 | 4.45 | 32.60 |
| 2 | Viktoria Hansova | GER | 8 | 4.55 | 32.67 |
| 3 | Annia Unterscheider | AUT | 2 | 4.63 | 32.98 |
| 4 | Mystique Ro | USA | 3 | 4.46 | 33.07 |
| 5 | Guanshuo Wang | CHN | 12 | 4.55 | 33.10 |
| 6 | Viktoria Dönicke | GER | 7 | 4.41 | 33.11 |
| 7 | Charlize Reimann | GER | 18 | 4.75 | 33.12 |
| 7 | Michelle Toukan | USA | 10 | 4.57 | 33.12 |
| 9 | Nanna Johansen | DEN | 1 | 4.68 | 33.15 |
| 10 | Selina Frohberger | GER | 9 | 4.69 | 33.17 |
| 11 | Carolin Andrä | SUI | 13 | 4.60 | 33.18 |
| 12 | Cosima Sebastian | GER | 16 | 4.72 | 33.21 |
| 13 | Stefanie Votz | GER | 5 | 4.75 | 33.22 |
| 14 | Katharina Eigenmann | LIE | 21 | 4.71 | 33.24 |
| 15 | Sarah Baumgartner | AUT | 19 | 4.72 | 33.28 |
| 16 | Angel Osakue | ITA | 15 | 4.66 | 33.29 |
| 17 | Yanqi Zhu | CHN | 6 | 4.58 | 33.30 |
| 18 | Marta Jakobczyk | POL | 17 | 4.70 | 33.31 |
| 19 | Nicole Burger | RSA | 14 | 4.54 | 33.32 |
| 20 | Alessia Gatti | ITA | 11 | 4.50 | 33.44 |
| 21 | Ana Torres Guevedo | ESP | 24 | 4.76 | 33.63 |
| 22 | Sarah Lüscher | SUI | 22 | 4.77 | 33.79 |
| 23 | Eire Rowland-Evans | IRL | 20 | 4.72 | 33.84 |
| 24 | Shannon Galea | MLT | 23 | 4.82 | 34.19 |