Repilov Wins First Race of FIL Season

From Lake Placid, USA

(Dec. 15, 2017) Roman Repilov led a Russian 1-2 finish, jumping up into the gold medal position from third in the process.

Repilov took advantage of quick Lake Placid ice to set a track record on his way to a .064 victory over teammate Semen Pavlichenko. Pavlichenko set a start record on his way to his silver medal.

Roman Repilov (Courtesy FIL TV)

Tucker West of the United States came into the second heat as the race leader, but struggled toward the bottom of his run, only setting the ninth fastest time of the heat on his way to a bronze medal.

Johannes Ludwig of Germany finished fourth, ahead of American Taylor Morris and Austrian Wolfgang Kindl, who rounded out the top six.

Chris Mazdzer never was able to find the speed he needed to contend for a medal on home ice, finishing eighth for the United States. Jonathan Gustafson finished 22nd to round out the American effort.

Mitchel Malyk finished 15th to lead the Canadian effort, while teammate Samuel Edney finished 21st.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Roman Repilov RUS 28 6.387 6.369 50.999 50.875 1:41.874
2 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 17 6.357 6.385 50.941 50.997 1:41.938
3 Tucker West USA 14 6.380 6.419 50.904 51.228 1:42.132
4 Johannes Ludwig GER 30 6.425 6.420 51.107 51.119 1:42.226
5 Taylor Morris USA 16 6.510 6.522 51.046 51.183 1:42.229
6 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 27 6.470 6.463 51.269 50.967 1:42.236
7 Felix Loch GER 32 6.463 6.440 51.134 51.248 1:42.382
8 Chris Mazdzer USA 6 6.397 6.382 51.265 51.186 1:42.451
9 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 23 6.446 6.440 51.461 51.030 1:42.491
10 Andi Langenhan GER 26 6.431 6.415 51.280 51.230 1:42.510
11 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 29 6.464 6.471 51.506 51.097 1:42.603
12 Stepan Fedorov RUS 19 6.436 6.438 51.368 51.299 1:42.667
13 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 15 6.426 6.421 51.365 51.309 1:42.674
14 Reinhard Egger AUT 18 6.435 6.443 51.452 51.317 1:42.769
15 Mitchel Malyk CAN 20 6.516 6.497 51.551 51.422 1:42.973
16 Emanuel Rieder ITA 13 6.408 6.407 51.586 51.420 1:43.006
17 Nico Gleirscher AUT 12 6.418 6.430 51.532 51.490 1:43.022
18 Ralf Palik GER 31 6.497 6.469 51.638 51.462 1:43.100
19 Kristers Aparjods LAT 21 6.504 6.475 51.664 51.479 1:43.143
20 David Gleirscher AUT 25 6.440 6.411 51.699 51.447 1:43.146
21 Samuel Edney CAN 24 6.533 6.492 51.618 51.553 1:43.171
22 Jonathan Gustafson USA 10 6.410 6.525 51.451 51.823 1:43.274
23 Ondrej Hhyman CZE 9 6.459 6.456 51.412 51.871 1:43.283
24 Jozef Ninis SVK 8 6.568 6.574 51.642 51.798 1:43.440
25 Reid Watts CAN 11 6.548 6.526 51.655 51.821 1:43.476
26 Christian Paffe GER 4 6.499 6.464 51.801 51.788 1:43.589
27 Armin Frauscher AUT 22 6.449 6.458 51.947 51.651 1:43.598
28 Andriy Mandziy UKR 3 6.485 6.497 51.990 51.639 1:43.629
29 Arturs Darznieks LAT 7 6.460 6.464 52.030 51.638 1:43.668
30 Valentin Cretu ROU 5 6.441 6.422 51.826 51.980 1:43.806
31 Mateusz Sochowicz POL 2 6.506 6.522 52.008 52.062 1:44.070
32 Alexander Ferlazzo AUS 1 6.466 6.453 70.288 51.762 2:02.050