2014/2015 FIBT World Cup – Men’s Skeleton – Race 2

December 20, 2014 ken News, Skeleton News 0

From Calgary, CAN

Martins and Tomass Dukurs have yet again swept gold and silver on the FIBT World Cup tour, with Martins yet again dominating a race.  The younger Dukurs has yet to lose a heat, being the fastest in both runs in Lake Placid, and both in Calgary. Tomass held onto silver despite a huge effort from Korean Sungbin Yun, who moved into third after a second-quickest second run.

Christopher Grotheer came close, but couldn’t put a German sled on the podium for the first time in 2014/2015, while Axel Jungk just joined Grotheer just off the podium.

American Matt Antoine kept a strong start to the season, with a sixth place finish, while teammates Kyle Tress and Stephen Garbett finished 13th & 26th respectively.  The Canadian men couldn’t duplicate their women’s counterparts, with Dave Greszczyszyn taking ninth to lead the way for Canada.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 2 55.70 55.36 1:51.06
2 Tomass Dukurs LAT 8 56.11 55.85 1:51.96
3 Sungbin Yun KOR 27 56.39 55.84 1:52.33
4 Christopher Grotheer GER 15 56.40 55.94 1:52.34
5 Axel Jungk GER 7 56.47 56.06 1:52.53
6 Matt Antoine USA 9 56.43 56.13 1:52.56
7 Dom Parsonson GBR 14 56.28 56.48 1:52.76
8 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 10 56.49 56.33 1:52.82
9 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 3 56.64 56.18 1:52.82
10 Pavel Kulikov RUS 11 56.75 56.28 1:53.03
11 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 12 56.85 56.28 1:53.13
12 Kilian von Schleinitz GER 18 56.70 56.49 1:53.19
13 Kyle Tress USA 4 56.80 56.50 1:53.30
14 Alexander Mutovin RUS 13 56.82 56.54 1:53.36
15 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 21 56.83 56.55 1:53.38
16 Anton Batuev RUS 1 56.94 56.45 1:53.39
17 Raphael Maier AUT 5 57.02 56.49 1:53.51
18 Ed Smith GBR 17 56.81 56.88 1:53.69
19 Yuki Sasahara JPN 20 57.05 56.72 1:53.77
20 Ronald Auderset SUI 22 57.03 57.08 1:54.11
21 Barrett Martineau CAN 16 57.06
22 Hansin Lee KOR 24 57.14
23 Sean Greenwood IRL 23 57.15
24 Greg Rafter CAN 26 57.35
25 Ander Mirambell ESP 25 57.37
26 Stephen Garbett USA 6 57.38
27 John Farrow AUS 19 57.52