2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Men’s Skeleton – Race 8

From Königssee, GER

There were eight races in the IBSF World Cup season, and Martins Dukurs won seven of them. The final race of the season was no different, with the Latvian winning by over a half-second. Korean Sungbin Yun finished second, edging Tomass Dukurs for silver, with Tomass finishing in the bronze medal position.

Axel Jungk was the top-finishing German in fourth, edging Dom Parsons of Great Britain and Kilian von Schhleinitz, who finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

The win hands Martins Dukurs his seventh consecutive World Cup title, ahead of Sungbin Yun and Tomass Dukurs. Axle Jungk, and Dom Parsons finished fourth and fifth on the season.

Matt Antoine led the way for the United States in seventh place with two very nice runs down the Bavarian track despite two frustratingly slow starts. The seventh place finish helped put Antoine in sixth place on the overall World Cup season. Teammate Nathan Crumpton finished 19th to finish up his first World Cup season.

Barrett Martineau led the way for Canada with a tenth place finish. Dave Greszczyszyn picked up a spot from his first run to finish 12th.

Jeremy Rice led the way for Great Britain and Jack Thomas tied after their first ever World Cup runs, with Rice pulling away in the second run. Rice finished 15th, while Thomas finished 20th.

Australian twins Nick and Dean Timmings finished 27th and 28th, respectively.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 9 50.49 50.33 1:40.82
2 Sungbin Yun KOR 10 50.94 50.44 1:41.38
3 Tomass Dukurs LAT 5 50.84 50.72 1:41.56
4 Axel Jungk GER 7 51.14 50.60 1:41.74
5 Dominic Parsons GBR 8 51.11 50.69 1:41.80
6 Kilian von Schleinitz GER 11 51.15 50.88 1:42.03
7 Matthew Antoine USA 1 51.28 50.80 1:42.08
8 Raphael Maier AUT 17 51.13 51.00 1:42.13
9 Michael Zachrau GER 4 51.35 51.05 1:42.40
10 Barrett Martineau CAN 3 51.30 51.14 1:42.44
11 Mattia Gaspari ITA 2 51.40 51.15 1:42.55
12 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 6 51.55 51.16 1:42.71
13 Alexander Mutovin RUS 19 51.44 51.33 1:42.77
14 Sergei Chudinov RUS 18 51.64 51.33 1:42.97
15 Jeremy Rice GBR 24 51.63 51.36 1:42.99
16 Rhys Thornbury NZL 16 51.85 51.36 1:43.21
17 Marco Rohrer SUI 21 51.79 51.47 1:43.26
18 Nathan Crumpton USA 12 51.85 51.53 1:43.38
19 Anton Batuev RUS 20 51.87 51.52 1:43.39
20 Jack Thomas GBR 27 51.63 51.85 1:43.48
21 Ander Mirambell ESP 22 51.88
22 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 13 51.98
22 Alexander Auer AUT 15 51.98
24 Hansin Lee KOR 14 52.16
24 Ronald Auderset SUI 23 52.16
26 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 25 52.47
27 Nicholas Timmings AUS 28 52.53
28 Dean Timmings AUS 26 53.17