2013/2014 FIBT World Cup – Winterberg – Men’s Skeleton

From Winterberg, Germany

Martins Dukurs had a bad race in Lake Placid, finishing outside of the top five.  A few weeks off and time to to think about it, coupled with returning to Europe and a rainy Winterberg, and there was absolutely nothing stopping the Latvian today.  After one heat it was already a .71 advantage over American Matt Antoine.  Antoine would drop a couple spots, and Dukurs would win by well over a second.  The final gap was 1.19 over brother Tomass Dukurs, while Russian Alexander Tretyakov took third.  Antoine would finish fourth, while John Daly scored his second top five in as many races for the USA.

Kyle Tress had another solid run, finishing tied for 11th place with Dominic Parsons of Great Britain.  Parsons’ countrymen Kristan Bromley and Ed Smith finished 13th and 22nd respectively.

The Canadians had another consistent day, with John Fairbairn leading the way with yet another top 10, this time in ninth place.  Eric Neilson finished 16th, while Dave Greszczyszyn took 20th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 6 57.26 57.67 1:54.93
2 Tomass Dukurs LAT 5 58.03 58.09 1:56.12
3 Alexander Tretyakov RUS 9 58.11 58.35 1:56.46
4 Matt Antoine USA 7 57.97 58.54 1:56.51
5 John Daly USA 12 58.29 58.27 1:56.56
6 Sergei Chudinov RUS 4 58.32 58.37 1:56.69
7 Frank Rommel GER 3 58.46 58.28 1:56.74
8 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 10 58.63 58.13 1:56.76
9 John Fairbairn CAN 2 58.44 58.59 1:57.03
10 Alexander Kröckel GER 11 58.59 58.47 1:57.06
11 Kyle Tress USA 16 58.79 58.43 1:57.22
11 Dom Parsons GBR 1 58.58 58.64 1:57.22
13 Kristan Bromley GBR 18 59.02 58.63 1:57.36
14 Raphael Maier AUT 13 58.95 58.62 1:57.57
15 Christopher Grotheer GER 14 59.01 58.63 1:57.64
16 Eric Neilson CAN 8 58.97 58.69 1:57.66
17 Ben Sandford NZL 21 59.12 58.60 1:57.72
17 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 15 58.97 58.75 1:57.72
19 Lukas Kummer SUI 19 59.40 58.93 1:58.33
20 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 17 59.34 59.29 1:58.63
21 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 22 59.48
22 Ed Smith GBR 28 59.52
23 Alexandros Kefalas GRE 20 59.60
24 Yuki Sasahara JPN 23 59.63
25 John Farrow AUS 25 59.74
26 Mattia Gaspari ITA 24 59.76
27 Ander Miarmabell ESP 27 59.88
28 Anze Setina SLO 26 59.99
29 Michael Höfer SUI 29 60.91