Netlaus Wins First EC Skeleton Race of the Season

From Lillehammer, NOR

(Nov. 12, 2017) Latvian Kristis Netlaus won in convincing fashion on the second race of the 2017/2018 IBSF European Cup skeleton tour.

Netlaus was the fastest in both heats, and the only slider under 53 seconds, on his way to a .77 victory over Austrian Samuel Maier.

Race 1 winner Craig Thompson finished third, while Konstantin Khoroshko, Alexander Schlinter, and Artem Drozdov rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Krists Netlaus LAT 4.83 4.81 52.79 52.75 1:45.54
2 Samuel Maier AUT 5.99 5.00 53.16 53.15 1:46.31
3 Craig Thompson GBR 4.67 4.64 53.21 53.16 1:46.37
4 Konstantin Khoroshko RUS 4.87 4.90 53.24 53.18 1:46.42
5 Alexander Schlinter AUT 4.89 4.89 53.34 53.50 1:46.84
6 Artem Drozdov RUS 4.84 4.83 53.56 53.44 1:47.00
7 Rasmus Ottosson SWE 5.25 5.17 53.69 53.40 1:47.09
8 Aslisher Mamedov RUS 5.00 4.98 53.87 53.56 1:47.43
9 Alex Ivanov USA 4.85 4.81 53.89 53.55 1:47.44
10 Basil Sieber SUI 5.04 5.06 53.81 53.67 1:47.48
11 Alexander Hestengen NOR 5.04 5.01 53.81 53.68 1:47.49
12 Stephen Garbett USA 4.98 4.90 53.93 53.62 1:47.55
13 Stefan Squire GBR 4.89 4.90 53.74 53.98 1:47.72
14 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 4.90 4.88 54.23 53.83 1:48.06
15 Mihail Enache ROU 5.05 5.14 54.23 54.17 1:48.40
16 Michal Jakobczyk POL 4.84 4.88 54.33 54.36 1:48.69
17 Hakon Scheie NOR 5.42 5.34 54.92 54.37 1:49.29
18 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 5.06 5.05 55.07 54.38 1:49.45
19 Ludvig Sahlin SWE 5.13 5.14 55.29 55.55 1:50.84
20 Carl Adlers SWE 5.22 55.30
21 Denis Lorenčič SLO 5.17 55.73
22 Samuel Dobler SUI 5.33 55.74
23 Nathan Jackson AUS 5.37 56.09
24 Maximilian Goldmann SUI 5.34 56.25
DNS Linus Ottosson SWE 5.13 54.38