FIBT World Cup – Round 2 – Women’s Skeleton

From La Plagne, France

Germany’s Anja Huber can go into almost any track that she knows well and is considered a favorite.  Today she could only muster a fourth place finish.  While many of the top 10 had faster (or at least similar times) from their first run, Huber lost .2 from her first time, and found herself on the outside looking in.

That left room for the North Americans, who found themselves dominating a track that hasn’t been slid on much in the past decade.  Melissa Hollingsworth from Canada takes gold, while Americans Anne O’Shea and Katie Uhlaender took silver and bronze.  The race was the first back for Uhlaender after missing last week for a weight lifting competition.

Final results:

Pos Name Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Melissa Hollingsworth CAN 63.00 63.09 2:06.09
2 Anne O’Shea USA 63.27 63.19 2:06.46
3 Katie Uhlaender USA 63.43 63.21 2:06.64
4 Anja Huber GER 63.29 63.49 2:06.78
5 Marion Thees GER 63.35 63.44 2:06.79
6 Shelley Rudman GBR 63.54 63.52 2:07.06
7 Olga Potylitsina RUS 63.63 63.60 2:07.23
8 Sarah Reid CAN 63.72 63.53 2:07.25
9 Janine Flock AUT 63.63 63.64 2:07.27
10 Olga Nikandrova RUS 63.99 63.67 2:07.66
11 Katharina Heinz GER 63.80 63.94 2:07.74
12 Amy Gough CAN 63.64 64.17 2:07.81
13 Emma Lincoln-Smith AUS 64.16 63.87 2:08.03
14 Lucy Katherine Chaffer AUS 64.03 64.20 2:08.23
15 Maria Orlova RUS 64.41 64.24 2:08.65
16 Kimber Gabryszak USA 64.24 64.61 2:08.85
17 Nozomi Komuro JPN 64.57 64.56 2:09.13
18 Joska le Conte NED 64.75 64.63 2:09.38
19 Amy Williams GBR 64.59 64.84 2:09.43
20 Barbara Hosch SUI 64.90 65.27 2:10.17
21 Marina Gilardoni SUI 65.98
22 Michaela Glaesser CZE 66.07
23 Maria Marinela Mazilu ROU 66.27