2014/2015 FIBT World Cup – Men’s Skeleton – Race 5

From St. Moritz, SUI

Once again, Martins Dukurs has found himself atop the podium. The Latvian came into the second heat a few tenths up on Sungbin Yun. He pulled away in the second heat to win by .6 over the Korean. Yun was miles away better than everyone except for Dukurs, and easily took silver, ahead of Nikita Tregybov of Russia. Tregybov edged Dom Parsons, after the British slider was late out of a few corners to scrub off some speed.  Tomass Dukurs took fifth.

Matt Antoine led the way for the United States.He came into his second heat tied for 11th,and held that position to finished just outside the Top 10. Kyle Brown had his best finish of the World Cup season in 16th, while Kyle Tress finished 26th.

It was a big day for World Cup rookie Evan Neufeldt. He led the way for Canada in eighth place.  Teammates Dave Greszczyszyn took 13th, while Barrett Martineau finished 22nd.  Ed Smith fought injury to finish 23rd for Great Britain.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 6 68.25 67.92 2:16.17
2 Sungbin Yun KOR 15 68.45 68.32 2:16.77
3 Nikita Tregybov RUS 4 68.92 68.44 2:17.36
4 Dominic Parsons GBR 3 68.71 68.75 2:17.46
5 Tomass Dukurs LAT 1 69.08 68.42 2:17.50
6 Axel Jungk GER 9 69.06 68.85 2:17.91
7 Sergei Chudinov RUS 14 69.12 68.84 2:17.96
8 Evan Neufeldt CAN 20 69.15 69.09 2:18.24
9 Christopher Grotheer GER 8 69.21 69.08 2:18.29
10 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 7 69.25 69.08 2:18.33
11 Matt Antoine USA 10 69.33 69.05 2:18.38
12 Kilian von Schleinitz GER 11 69.42 69.13 2:18.55
13 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 12 69.33 69.23 2:18.56
14 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 2 69.54 69.59 2:19.13
15 Raphael Maier AUT 13 69.77 69.43 2:19.20
16 Kyle Brown USA 29 69.82 69.45 2:19.27
17 Yuki Sasahara JPN 19 69.98 69.76 2:19.74
18 Ronald Auderset SUI 23 69.98 69.81 2:19.79
19 Mattia Gaspari ITA 17 69.88 70.25 2:20.13
20 John Farrow AUS 22 69.93 70.28 2:20.21
21 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 5 69.99
22 Barrett Martineau CAN 21 70.08
23 Ed Smith GBR 18 70.10
24 Dorin Velicu ROU 28 70.11
25 Alexandros Kefalas GRE 27 70.38
26 Kyle Tress USA 16 70.53
27 Ander Mirambell ESP 26 70.55
28 Rhys Thornbury NZL 25 70.61
29 Giovanni Mulassano ITA 24 70.81