FIBT World Cup – Round 6 – Men’s Skeleton

January 21, 2012 ken News, Skeleton News 0

From St. Moritz, Switzerland

Let’s face it, there’s only person harder to beat than Martins Dukurs, and that’s Angry Martins Dukurs.  After an awful run at Königssee, Dukurs was on the skeleton warpath, and destroyed everything en route to a gold medal in St. Moritz.  His time of 2:17.45 was 1.76 seconds ahead of second place Ben Sandford.  American Matt Antoine finishes third with two great pushes and consistent runs.  Tomass Dukurs and Frank Rommel tie for fourth.

In general it was a great day for the American men, with John Daly finishing sixth and Kyle Tress eighth. Tress overcame a bumpy start in run 1 with a clean finish and entirely clean second run.

As good of a day as it was for the Americans, the Canadians will be very happy to leave St. Moritz.  John Fairbain had potential for a top five run, but a forgettable second run dropped him to ninth, while Michael Douglas and Eric Neilson finish 17th and 18th, respectively.

Pos Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 6 68.87 68.58 2:17.45
2 Ben Sandford NZL 18 69.72 69.49 2:19.21
3 Matthew Antoine USA 12 69.73 69.54 2:19.27
4 Tomass Dukurs LAT 2 70.29 69.16 2:19.45
4 Frank Rommel GER 8 69.90 69.55 2:19.45
6 John Daly USA 21 70.17 69.85 2:40.02
7 Kristan Bromley GBR 10 70.32 69.72 2:20.04
8 Kyle Tress USA 22 70.47 69.64 2:20.11
9 John Fairbairn CAN 14 70.04 70.27 2:40.31
10 Alexander Gassner GER 4 70.37 70.04 2:20.41
11 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 3 70.55 70.11 2:20.66
12 Raphael Maier AUT 15 69.78 71.01 2:20.79
13 Anze Setina SLO 17 70.64 70.37 2:21.01
14 Sergei Chudinov RUS 7 70.56 70.47 2:21.03
15 Michael Hoefer SUI 23 70.64 70.52 2:21.16
16 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 16 70.74 70.62 2:21.36
17 Michael Douglas CAN 5 70.68 70.71 2:21.39
18 Eric Neilson CAN 13 71.03 70.42 2:21.45
19 Alexander Kroeckel GER 1 70.59 71.10 2:21.69
20 Adam Pengilly GBR 11 70.34 71.61 2:21.95
21 Giovanni Mulassano ITA 27 71.23
22 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 9 71.24
22 Maurizio Oioli ITA 19 71.24
24 Ander Mirambell ESP 24 71.51
25 Lukas Kummer SUI 25 71.54
26 Silviu Alexan Mesarosi ROU 26 71.61
27 Urs Vescoli AUS 28 72.58
28 Shinsuke Tayama JPN 20 72.86