2013/2014 FIBT World Cup - Igls - Women's Skeleton

From Igls, AUT

The battle continues between British slider Lizzy Yarnold and American Noelle Pikus-Pace. Pikus-Pace gave away a little bit at the start in Igls, and that’s all it took to put Yarnold into the gold medal position. Pikus-Pace had better speed late in the run, but it wasn’t enough to make up the difference in the start. Austrian Janine Flock continued her career year, scoring bronze on home ice. Russian Maria Orlova tied with Flock for third, while Great Britain’s Shelley Rudman took fifth.

American Katie Uhlaender continues to recover from some head injury issues. She had a good run minus one hit in both runs, and finished 12th. British slider Rose McGrandle took 14th.

All three Canadians (Sarah Reid, Mellisa Hollingsworth and Robynne Thompson) sat out Igls and will sit out Königssee due to concerns for concussions.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Draw	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Elizabeth Yarnold	GBR	2	54.63	54.41	1:49.04
2	Noelle Pikus-Pace	USA	6	54.72	54.64	1:49.36
3	Maria Orlova	RUS	12	55.00	54.71	1:49.71
3	Janine Flock	AUT	1	54.80	54.91	1:49.71
5	Shelley Rudman	GBR	9	55.05	54.77	1:49.82
6	Elena Nikitina	RUS	13	54.82	55.04	1:49.86
7	Olga Potylitsina	RUS	4	54.94	54.94	1:49.88
8	Michelle Steele	AUS	18	55.05	54.94	1:49.99
9	Marina Gilardoni	SUI	7	55.12	54.89	1:50.01
10	Anja Huber	GER	10	55.14	54.96	1:50.10
11	Katharine Eustace	NZL	14	55.11	55.05	1:50.16
12	Katie Uhlaender	USA	17	55.22	55.08	1:50.30
13	Lucy Chaffer	AUS	16	55.27	55.20	1:50.47
14	Rose McGrandle	GBR	19	55.42	55.12	1:50.54
15	Sophia Griebel	GER	11	55.42	55.19	1:50.61
16	Marion Thees	GER	8	55.35	55.26	1:50.61
17	Maria Mazilu	ROU	24	55.62	55.41	1:51.03
18	Nozomi Komuro	JPN	21	55.81	55.36	1:51.17
19	Lelde Priedulena	LAT	20	55.76	55.49	1:51.25
20	Joska le Conte	NED	23	55.75	55.53	1:51.28
21	Eiko Nakayama	JPN	22	56.47
DNS	Mellisa Hollingsworth	CAN	3	DNS
DNS	Sarah Reid	CAN	5	DNS
DNS	Robynne Thompson	CAN	15	DNS