From Sigulda, LAT
(January 31, 2025) – Germany’s Felix Seibel slid to gold in Sigulda as he edged out Austria’s Alexander Schlintner for the top spot.
Seibel had a .22 second advantage over Great Britain’s Craig Thompson after the first heat, with Emils Indriksons in third.
The field got jumbled up in the second heat. Great Britain’s Jacob Salisbury put down the quick run of the second heat to slide into the lead from sixth place, and held his position for two runs until Schlintner took over from fourth place.
The Austrian held the lead past Indricksons and Thompson, as the duo fell to a tie for fourth behind both Schlintner and Salisbury, with just Seibel to go.
Seibel’s second run wasn’t quite as good as his first, but was just enough to hold off Schlintner for gold, with Schlintner silver and Salisbury bronze.
Thompson and Indriksons were tied for fourth, .05 out of the medals, with Great Britain’s Laurence Bostock in sixth.
Hunter Williams was the top American in 12th. Darryl Payne Jr. was the 25th and final slider in the second heat and finished 25th, with Sam Allred in 30th to round out the American effort.
Outside of the three sliders that Great Britain put in the top six, Matthew Alvarez was 13th and Kane Densley 16th.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Felix Seibel | GER | 9 | 4.83 | 4.86 | 50.14 | 50.85 | 1:40.99 |
| 2 | Alexander Schlintner | AUT | 6 | 4.77 | 4.78 | 50.51 | 50.53 | 1:41.04 |
| 3 | Jacob Salisbury | GBR | 2 | 4.65 | 4.68 | 50.62 | 50.45 | 1:41.05 |
| 4 | Craig Thompson | GBR | 5 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 50.36 | 50.76 | 1:41.12 |
| 4 | Emils Indriksons | LAT | 17 | 4.82 | 4.78 | 50.50 | 50.62 | 1:41.12 |
| 6 | Laurence Bostock | GBR | 3 | 4.69 | 4.70 | 50.58 | 50.84 | 1:41.42 |
| 7 | Florian Auer | AUT | 10 | 4.88 | 4.87 | 50.77 | 50.75 | 1:41.52 |
| 8 | Davis Valdovskis | LAT | 8 | 4.89 | 4.84 | 50.99 | 50.87 | 1:41.86 |
| 9 | Pietro Drovanti | ITA | 14 | 4.62 | 4.64 | 51.22 | 50.89 | 1:42.11 |
| 10 | Stefan Röttig | GER | 4 | 4.61 | 4.66 | 51.17 | 51.15 | 1:42.32 |
| 11 | Ludwig Mannhardt | GER | 7 | 4.90 | 4.89 | 51.39 | 51.16 | 1:42.55 |
| 12 | Hunter Williams | USA | 23 | 4.70 | 4.73 | 51.41 | 51.15 | 1:42.56 |
| 13 | Matthew Alverez | GBR | 21 | 4.68 | 4.67 | 51.63 | 51.18 | 1:42.81 |
| 14 | Yaorslav Lavreniuk | UKR | 12 | 4.88 | 4.85 | 51.66 | 51.16 | 1:42.82 |
| 15 | Renars Jumikis | LAT | 24 | 4.92 | 4.85 | 51.50 | 51.61 | 1:43.11 |
| 16 | Kane Densley | GBR | 15 | 4.65 | 4.65 | 51.81 | 51.42 | 1:43.23 |
| 17 | Vladyslav Klymenko | UKR | 32 | 4.85 | 4.91 | 51.66 | 51.81 | 1:43.47 |
| 18 | Livio Summermatter | SUI | 11 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 51.64 | 51.88 | 1:43.52 |
| 19 | Vladyslav Polyvach | POL | 18 | 4.93 | 4.93 | 51.96 | 51.67 | 1:43.63 |
| 20 | Roman Tanzer | AUT | 13 | 4.84 | 4.81 | 51.56 | 52.13 | 1:43.69 |
| 21 | Timm Beiwinkler | GER | 20 | 4.86 | 4.85 | 52.12 | 51.69 | 1:43.81 |
| 22 | Krists Turauskis | LAT | 36 | 4.96 | 4.94 | 52.42 | 51.77 | 1:44.19 |
| 23 | Niels Sommer | GER | 16 | 4.83 | 4.85 | 52.42 | 51.81 | 1:44.23 |
| 24 | Martin Krause | GER | 38 | 4.83 | 4.83 | 52.66 | 52.15 | 1:44.81 |
| 25 | Darryl Payne Jr. | USA | 29 | 4.73 | 4.79 | 52.96 | 52.11 | 1:45.07 |
| 26 | Michal Jakobczyk | POL | 37 | 4.81 | 53.06 | |||
| 27 | Andre Monti | ITA | 34 | 4.88 | 53.35 | |||
| 28 | Leonid Tkachuk | UKR | 31 | 5.48 | 53.44 | |||
| 29 | Guido Persoon | NED | 40 | 4.69 | 53.51 | |||
| 30 | Sam Allred | USA | 27 | 4.80 | 53.52 | |||
| 31 | Alexander Wilson | GBR | 39 | 4.86 | 53.56 | |||
| 32 | Bor van den Berg | NED | 22 | 4.76 | 53.58 | |||
| 33 | Sander de Haan | NED | 30 | 4.96 | 53.82 | |||
| 34 | Theodor Buligescu | ROU | 25 | 5.46 | 53.83 | |||
| 35 | Anton Kovalchuk | UKR | 35 | 5.48 | 54.15 | |||
| 36 | Lorenzo Conti | ITA | 33 | 4.85 | 54.43 | |||
| 37 | Peter Jedinal | SVK | 28 | 5.14 | 54.47 | |||
| 37 | Maksym Churylovych | UKR | 1 | 5.62 | 54.47 | |||
| 39 | Gidon Bante | NED | 26 | 4.78 | 54.81 | |||
| DNF | Joeri van Kuppeveld | NED | 19 | 4.63 | DNF |