From Sigulda, LAT
(January 8, 2022) – Kristers Aparjods set the two fastest times of the race on his way to gold on his home track in Sigulda.
The Latvian carried a slim lead over Germany’s Felix Loch and Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller, with the two men behind him tied for second, with Russia’s Roman Repilov and Austria’s Nico Gleirscher in the hunt as well.
On the second run it was again very close between Loch and Fischnaller, with the former edging the latter by just .015 to move into the lead with only Aparjods to go. However, the Latvian wouldn’t be denied on his home ice. Aparjods put down a nearly perfect slide in the second run to win by .186 over Loch in second with Fischnaller in third.
Roman Repilov had a small issue on his second run that kept him fourth place but kept him out of the medals. Nico Gleirscher had a similar experience to finish fifth.
Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko had a big skid in his first run to leave him back in 14th place. On the second run he out-paced everyone but Aparjods to jump up into sixth place.
Jonny Gustafson led the way for the United States in 21st place. Chris Mazdzer finished 25th, while Tucker West crashed in his first run and did not finish.
Australia’s Alex Ferlazzo finished 24th, while Canada’s Reid Watts never looked settled on his sled and finished 31st.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 28 | 4.598 | 4.588 | 48.223 | 48.260 | 1:36.483 |
| 2 | Felix Loch | GER | 21 | 4.602 | 4.604 | 48.271 | 48.398 | 1:36.669 |
| 3 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 30 | 4.633 | 4.648 | 48.271 | 48.413 | 1:36.684 |
| 4 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 26 | 4.599 | 4.601 | 48.336 | 48.540 | 1:36.876 |
| 5 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 32 | 4.647 | 4.663 | 48.428 | 48.518 | 1:36.946 |
| 6 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 20 | 4.580 | 4.757 | 48.592 | 48.393 | 1:36.985 |
| 7 | Max Langenhan | GER | 31 | 4.630 | 4.662 | 48.458 | 48.623 | 1:37.081 |
| 8 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 16 | 4.681 | 4.690 | 48.527 | 48.638 | 1:37.165 |
| 9 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 27 | 4.663 | 4.675 | 48.574 | 48.596 | 1:37.170 |
| 10 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 18 | 4.664 | 4.657 | 48.538 | 48.634 | 1:37.172 |
| 11 | Alexander Gorbatcevich | RUS | 25 | 4.648 | 4.680 | 48.567 | 48.759 | 1:37.326 |
| 12 | Pavel Repilov | RUS | 12 | 4.666 | 4.665 | 48.608 | 48.728 | 1:37.336 |
| 13 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 29 | 4.580 | 4.647 | 48.517 | 48.842 | 1:37.359 |
| 14 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 22 | 4.680 | 4.671 | 48.690 | 48.734 | 1:37.424 |
| 15 | Sebastian Bley | GER | 11 | 4.681 | 4.658 | 48.778 | 48.680 | 1:37.458 |
| 16 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 23 | 4.652 | 4.656 | 48.469 | 49.157 | 1:37.626 |
| 17 | Chris Eißler | GER | 24 | 4.587 | 4.615 | 48.627 | 49.048 | 1:37.675 |
| 18 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 15 | 4.673 | 4.686 | 48.569 | 49.152 | 1:37.721 |
| 19 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 17 | 4.647 | 4.643 | 49.106 | 48.647 | 1:37.753 |
| 20 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 7 | 4.653 | 4.649 | 48.846 | 48.920 | 1:37.766 |
| 21 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 1 | 4.631 | 4.618 | 48.712 | 49.075 | 1:37.787 |
| 22 | Valentin Cretu | ROU | 5 | 4.727 | 4.707 | 48.901 | 48.927 | 1:37.828 |
| 23 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 10 | 4.716 | 4.718 | 48.956 | 48.971 | 1:37.927 |
| 24 | Alexander Ferlazzo | AUS | 13 | 4.637 | 4.640 | 48.950 | 49.005 | 1:37.955 |
| 25 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 8 | 4.681 | 4.665 | 48.894 | 49.138 | 1:38.032 |
| 26 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 19 | 4.648 | 4.643 | 49.531 | 48.513 | 1:38.044 |
| 27 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 4 | 4.690 | 4.686 | 49.047 | 49.083 | 1:38.130 |
| 28 | Matvei Perestoronin | RUS | 9 | 4.657 | 4.673 | 49.443 | 48.987 | 1:38.430 |
| 29 | Lukas Gufler | ITA | 3 | 4.702 | 4.702 | 49.463 | 48.999 | 1:38.462 |
| 30 | Svante Kohala | SWE | 2 | 4.747 | 4.750 | 49.276 | 49.268 | 1:38.544 |
| 31 | Reid Watts | CAN | 6 | 4.692 | 4.707 | 49.606 | 50.287 | 1:39.893 |
| DNF | Tucker West | USA | 14 | 4.591 | DNF |
