FIBT World Cup - Round 4 - Women's Skeleton

From Altenberg, Germany

After the first run was cancelled due to weather, today’s women’s skeleton run had the potential to be a craps shoot. Despite more snow in the final World Cup skeleton run of the weekend, many of the sliders kept near their position.

In the thrown out heat, Germany had swept the podium spots, but with a fresh start, British slider Shelley Rudman was able to break into the podium, taking a bronze medal from Marion Thees. German slider Anja Huber put down a much slower time in the official heat, but her time of 59.87 was still quick enough to take the gold medal, while Katharina Heinz took silver.

Mellisa Hollingsworth of Canada finishes fifth, while Katie Uhlaender moves to sixth from eighth, with Amy Gough, Emma Lincoln-Smith, Katherine Eustace and Lucy Katherine Chaffer rounding out the top 10.

US athletes Anne O’Shea and Kimber Gabryszak finish 12th and 15th, respectively.

Pos	Name	Nation	Draw	Time
1	Anja Huber	GER	4	59.87
2	Katharina Heinz	GER	3	59.97
3	Shelley Rudman	GBR	6	59.99
4	Marion Thees	GER	2	60.12
5	Mellisa Hollingsworth	CAN	7	60.31
6	Katie Uhlaender	USA	11	60.34
7	Amy Gough	CAN	9	60.91
8	Emma Lincoln-Smith	AUS	8	61.04
9	Katherine Eustace	NZL	21	61.31
10	Lucy Katherine Chaffer	AUS	14	61.37
11	Joska Le Conte	NED	17	61.39
12	Anne O’Shea	USA	5	61.64
13	Maria Orlova	RUS	15	61.66
14	Sarah Reid	CAN	1	61.72
15	Kimber Gabryszak	USA	20	61.72
16	Olga Potylitsina	RUS	10	61.83
17	Olga Nikandrova	RUS	18	61.87
18	Nozomi Komuro	JPN	16	62.13
19	Marina Gilardoni	SUI	19	62.24
20	Amy Williams	GBR	13	62.26
21	Janine Flock	AUT	12	62.31
22	Barbara Hosch	SUI	23	62.70
23	Maria Marinela Mazilu	ROU	22	64.01
24	Lelde Priedulena	LAT	24	62.54
25	Michaela Glaesser	CZE	25	62.82
26	Delia Andreea Ivas	ROU	26	65.42