FIBT World Cup – Round 7 – Men’s Skeleton

From Whistler, Canada

Martins Dukurs is good.  Another two perfect runs for the Latvian will place him atop the podium for the sixth time in seven events. Frank Rommel and Alexander Tretiakov tie for second both with quick second runs.  Alexander Kroeckel finishes fourth, while Tomass Dukurs improves from 8th up to 5th with a quick second run.

Said Martins Dukurs of his run today: “It was a challenge to stitch together two good runs.  Today was a bit closer of a good run”.

American Matt Antoine overcame a rough first run with a very clean and fast second run, moving up from 18th to 14th , while Kyle Tress finishes just behind Antoine in 15th.  John Fairbairn finishes 9th to lead the Canadian athletes, while Mike Douglas finishes 11th and Eric Neilson finishes 19th.

Pos Pos (H1) Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 1 Martins Dukurs LAT 5 52.70 53.06 1:45.76
2 4 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 7 53.23 53.28 1:46.51
3 2 Frank Rommel GER 8 53.17 53.34 1:46.51
4 3 Alexander Kroeckel GER 2 53.20 53.58 1:46.78
5 8 Tomass Dukurs LAT 9 53.68 53.50 1:47.18
6 6 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 1 53.66 53.59 1:47.25
7 7 Alexander Gassner GER 6 53.67 53.68 1:47.35
8 9 John Fairbairn CAN 13 53.72 53.81 1:47.53
9 13 Kristian Bromley GBR 10 54.02 53.54 1:47.56
10 10 Adam Pengilly GBR 12 53.78 53.82 1:47.60
11 12 Michael Douglas CAN 11 53.81 53.94 1:47.75
12 5 Ben Sandford NZL 16 53.46 54.38 1:47.84
13 11 Sergei Chudinov RUS 3 53.79 54.29 1:48.08
14 18 Matthew Antoine USA 4 54.60 53.60 1:48.20
15 17 Kyle Tress USA 19 54.49 54.21 1:48.70
16 14 Raphael Maier AUT 15 54.33 54.50 1:48.83
17 19 Ander Mirambell ESP 21 54.64 54.27 1:48.91
18 20 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 17 54.65 54.63 1:49.28
19 15 Eric Neilson CAN 14 54.36 54.94 1:49.30
20 16 Shinsuke Tayama JPN 20 54.39 58.03 1:52.42
21 21 Maurizio Oioli ITA 18 55.35
22 22 Lukas Kummer SUI 22 55.84
23 23 Greg West USA 23 55.90
24 24 Urs Vescoli AUS 24 56.13
25 25 Bradley Chalupski ISR 25 56.61