From Königssee, GER
Felix Loch found himself back atop the FIL World Cup podium after yet another dominating performance. The German was the only slider to make it down the track with a sub-50 second time, accomplishing the feat in both runs. Teammate Andi Langenhan finished second, just over .75 behind Loch. Overcoming an eighth place first run, American Chris Mazdzer put down the third-best run of Run 2, moving him up into the bronze medal position.
Stepan Fedorov of Russia finished fourth, and Germany’s Julian von Schleinitz finished fifth. Both men fell back from their first run positions, with von Schleinitz only putting down the 11th quickest run of Run 2.
It was a solid day for the Americans overall. In addition to Mazdzer’s big day, Lake Placid gold medalist Tucker West scored another top ten in tenth place. Samuel Edney led the way for Canada in ninth, while teammate Mitchel Malyk finished 20th.
Results:
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Felix Loch | GER | 29 | 49.773 | 49.943 | 1:39.716 |
2 | Andi Langenhan | GER | 26 | 50.272 | 50.199 | 1:40.471 |
3 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 31 | 50.304 | 50.221 | 1:40.525 |
4 | Stepan Fedorov | RUS | 23 | 50.193 | 50.346 | 1:40.539 |
5 | Julian von Schleinitz | GER | 18 | 50.245 | 50.457 | 1:40.702 |
6 | Woflgang Kindl | AUT | 28 | 50.317 | 50.401 | 1:40.718 |
7 | Daniel Pfister | AUT | 16 | 50.428 | 50.298 | 1:40.726 |
8 | Samuel Edney | CAN | 19 | 50.317 | 50.418 | 1:40.735 |
9 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 11 | 50.284 | 50.456 | 1:40.740 |
10 | Tucker West | USA | 30 | 50.286 | 50.481 | 1:40.767 |
11 | Armin Frauscher | AUT | 15 | 50.356 | 50.531 | 1:40.887 |
12 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 7 | 50.224 | 50.692 | 1:40.916 |
13 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 27 | 50.401 | 50.542 | 1:40.943 |
14 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 6 | 50.438 | 50.508 | 1:40.946 |
15 | Alexandr Peretjagin | RUS | 20 | 50.487 | 50.466 | 1:40.953 |
16 | Thor Haug Norbech | NOR | 4 | 50.411 | 50.588 | 1:40.999 |
17 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 24 | 50.492 | 50.590 | 1:41.082 |
18 | Victor Kneyb | RUS | 32 | 50.582 | 50.579 | 1:41.161 |
19 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 14 | 50.537 | 50.633 | 1:41.170 |
20 | Mitchel Malyk | CAN | 13 | 50.594 | 50.653 | 1:41.247 |
21 | David Mair | ITA | 22 | 50.401 | 50.915 | 1:41.316 |
22 | Riks Kristens Rozitis | LAT | 3 | 50.651 | 50.736 | 1:41.387 |
23 | Ondrej Hyman | CZE | 10 | 50.674 | 50.780 | 1:41.454 |
24 | Alexander Stepichev | RUS | 1 | 50.658 | 60.939 | 1:41.597 |
25 | Jo Alexander Koppang | NOR | 8 | 50.751 | 50.887 | 1:41.638 |
26 | Maciej Kurowski | POL | 5 | 50.770 | 50.930 | 1:41.700 |
27 | Emanuel Rieder | ITA | 25 | 50.760 | 50.946 | 1:41.706 |
28 | Theo Gruber | ITA | 2 | 50.899 | 50.877 | 1:41.776 |
29 | Florian Berkes | GER | 21 | 51.602 | 50.476 | 1:42.078 |
30 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 12 | 51.995 | 50.327 | 1:42.322 |
31 | Inars Kivlenieks | LAT | 9 | 52.739 | 50.255 | 1:42.994 |
DNF | Ralf Palik | GER | 17 | 50.357 | DNF |