From Latsch, ITA
Patrick Pigneter stayed perfect early in the 2016/2017 FIL Natural Track season. The Italian was the only athlete under 1:01 in each run, beating Austrian Thomas Kammerlander by well over a second.
Kammerlander came into the second heat just a tenth ahead of Pigneter’s teammate Alex Gruber. Gruber was quicker in the second heat, but only by .08, giving Kammerlander the silver medal by just .02.
Austrian Florian Glatzl finished in fourth place, a half second behind Gruber. Russian Juri Talikh was the only non-Italian or Austrian in the top eight with a fifth place finish.
Great Britain had its most successful natural track race in a while, placing two of their three athletes in the top 20. Doubles teammates Dex Unwin and Joshua Reeves finished 19th and 20th, while Samuel Budd finished 22nd.
Results:
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Patrick Pigneter | ITA | 52 | 1:00.34 | 1:00.88 | 2:01.22 |
2 | Thomas Kammerlander | AUT | 50 | 1:01.36 | 1:01.17 | 2:02.53 |
3 | Alex Gruber | ITA | 49 | 1:01.46 | 1:01.09 | 2:02.55 |
4 | Florian Glatzl | AUT | 22 | 1:01.75 | 1:01.30 | 2:03.05 |
5 | Juri Talikh | RUS | 45 | 1:01.76 | 1:01.46 | 2:03.22 |
6 | Michael Scheikl | AUT | 48 | 1:01.68 | 1:01.59 | 2:03.27 |
7 | Florian Clara | ITA | 43 | 1:01.51 | 1:01.77 | 2:03.28 |
8 | Florian Breitenberger | ITA | 44 | 1:01.55 | 1:01.77 | 2:03.32 |
9 | Gregori Bukin | RUS | 51 | 1:02.48 | 1:01.61 | 2:04.09 |
10 | Jakov Bukin | RUS | 8 | 1:02.50 | 1:01.91 | 2:04.41 |
11 | Aleksandr Egorov | RUS | 46 | 1:02.27 | 1:02.17 | 2:04.44 |
12 | Marius Schmelzer | GER | 33 | 1:03.61 | 1:02.92 | 2:06.53 |
13 | Bernd Neurauter | AUT | 47 | 1:03.31 | 1:03.41 | 2:06.72 |
14 | Jack Leslie | NZL | 40 | 1:03.70 | 1:03.06 | 2:06.76 |
15 | Isa Guzeloglu | TUR | 7 | 1:05.86 | 1:05.81 | 2:11.67 |
16 | Iliev Veselin | BIH | 38 | 1:07.08 | 1:05.02 | 2:12.10 |
17 | Daniel Hofmann | SUI | 39 | 1:07.29 | 1:06.05 | 2:13.34 |
18 | Andryi Demchuk | UKR | 34 | 1:07.51 | 1:06.27 | 2:13.78 |
19 | Dex Unwin | GBR | 35 | 1:09.68 | 1:09.59 | 2:19.27 |
20 | Joshua Reeves | GBR | 29 | 1:10.28 | 1:09.61 | 2:19.89 |
21 | Tadej Dragicevic | SLO | 23 | 1:11.04 | 1:10.29 | 2:21.33 |
22 | Samuel Budd | GBR | 37 | 1:11.76 | 1:10.24 | 2:22.00 |
23 | Coskun Ercoskun | TUR | 11 | 1:12.70 | 1:09.88 | 2:22.58 |
24 | Yordan Dimitrov | BUL | 32 | 1:13.30 | 1:13.35 | 2:26.65 |
25 | Muhammet Dellalbasi | TUR | 12 | 1:07.20 | 1:26.14 | 2:33.34 |
NAS | Christan Wichan | GER | 21 | 1:04.66 | No Time |