FIBT World Cup – Round 3 – Women’s Skeleton – Run 2

From Winterberg, Germany

Run 1 was cancelled.  The format had called for the top 20 from Run 1 to go into Run 2 as usual.  The top 10 from Run 2 are to go onto Run 3 that will be held tomorrow in between bobsled runs.

Shelley Rudman was the first slider off.  Rudman’s runs tend to be quick, and she was one of the quicker sliders in training this week.  The track looked rough, and her 1:00.90 was only good enough for 14th.

Currently only the top 10 will still race tomorrow, leaving Rudman, Melissa Hollingsworth and other World Cup top 10 sliders on the outside looking in.

Nozomi Komuro from Japan currently leads, with Marion Thees, Katharina Heinz, Amy Gough and Anne O’Shea rounding out the top 5.

After heat 2:

Pos Name Draw Nation Run 1
1 Nozomi Komuro 18 JPN 60.32
2 Marion Thees 5 GER 60.44
3 Katharina Heinz 11 GER 60.50
4 Amy Gough 4 CAN 60.51
4 Anne O’Shea 10 USA 60.51
6 Sarah Reid 9 CAN 60.52
6 Katie Uhlaender 14 USA 60.52
8 Olga Potylitsina 3 RUS 60.62
9 Amy Williams 13 GBR 60.63
9 Maria Orlova 15 RUS 60.63
11 Emma Lincoln-Smith 6 AUS 60.68
12 Joska Le Conte 16 NED 60.73
13 Melissa Hollingsworth 2 CAN 60.78
14 Shelley Rudman 1 GBR 60.90
15 Marina Gilardoni 17 SUI 60.91
16 Olga Nikandrova 12 RUS 61.04
17 Kimber Gabryszak 19 USA 61.21
18 Maria Marinela Mazilu 22 ROU 61.45
19 Katharine Eustace 20 NZL 61.48
20 Janine Flock 8 AUT 61.49
21 Barbara Hosch 21 SUI 61.85
22 Anja Huber 7 GER 62.12
23 Michaela Glaesser 23 CZE 62.14
24 Delia Andreea Ivas 24 ROU 62.63