From Whistler, Canada
Martins Dukurs continues to set a torrid pace ahead of the rest of the skeleton field. The Latvian finishes heat 1 as the only slider below 53 seconds, and over .4 ahead of second place.
German Frank Rommel is second, he’s going to have to make up just over .4 to catch Dukurs, while teammate Kroeckel and Russian Tretiakov are all right there battling for podium positions. Kiwi Ben Sandford put down a solid run, and sits fifth, .2 ahead of sixth.
Americans Kyle Tress and Matt Antoine come into heat 2 in 17th and 18th, while Canadians John Fairbairn, Michael Douglas and Eric Neilson go into heat 2 9th, 12th and 15th respectively.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Draw | Run 1 |
| 1 | Martins Dukurs | LAT | 5 | 52.70 |
| 2 | Frank Rommel | GER | 8 | 53.17 |
| 3 | Alexander Kroeckel | GER | 2 | 53.20 |
| 4 | Alexander Tretiakov | RUS | 7 | 53.23 |
| 5 | Ben Sandford | NZL | 16 | 53.46 |
| 6 | Matthias Guggenberger | AUT | 1 | 53.66 |
| 7 | Alexander Gassner | GER | 6 | 53.67 |
| 8 | Tomass Dukurs | LAT | 9 | 53.68 |
| 9 | John Fairbairn | CAN | 13 | 53.72 |
| 10 | Adam Pengilly | GBR | 12 | 53.78 |
| 11 | Sergei Chudinov | RUS | 3 | 53.79 |
| 12 | Michael Douglas | CAN | 11 | 53.81 |
| 13 | Kristian Bromley | GBR | 10 | 54.02 |
| 14 | Raphael Maier | AUT | 15 | 54.33 |
| 15 | Eric Neilson | CAN | 14 | 54.36 |
| 16 | Shinsuke Tayama | JPN | 20 | 54.39 |
| 17 | Kyle Tress | USA | 19 | 54.49 |
| 18 | Matthew Antoine | USA | 4 | 54.60 |
| 19 | Ander Mirambell | ESP | 21 | 54.64 |
| 20 | Hiroatsu Takahashi | JPN | 17 | 54.65 |
| 21 | Maurizio Oioli | ITA | 18 | 55.35 |
| 22 | Lukas Kummer | SUI | 22 | 55.84 |
| 23 | Greg West | USA | 23 | 55.90 |
| 24 | Urs Vescoli | AUS | 24 | 56.13 |
| 25 | Bradley Chalupski | ISR | 25 | 56.61 |
