From St. Moritz, SUI
(Jan. 4, 2018) Janine Becker found her way to the top of the Intercontinental Cup podium in St. Moritz on a snowy, snowy day in Switzerland.
In a one-heat race, Becker was only 14th quickest off the top, but found time at the bottom of her run to edge 2012 World Champion Katie Uhlaender by .03.
The win was Becker’s first Intercontinental Cup medal in seven tries, though the German has a myriad of silver and bronze medals on the European tour.
Russian Olga Potylitsina finished third, only .03 ahead of teammate Yulia Kanakina. Valentina Margaglio finished a career-best fifth, while Canadian Lanette Prediger finished sixth.
Megan Henry and Gracie Clapp-Taylor finished eighth and tenth respectively to round out a strong American effort, while Madi Charney and Jaclyn LaBerge finished 15th and 21st for Canada.
British sliders Kimberley Murray and Madelaine Smith finished 11th and 13th, while Katie Tannenbaum finished 24th for the Virgin Islands.
The race was marred by an abundance of snow, with team coaches having to help track workers shovel the track to keep the race relatively fair. In social media posts after the event many athletes expressed their displeasure that the race was allowed to count at all. But in the end, the race was cut to one heat with the results of the first run being the finishing order.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Start | Finish |
| 1 | Janine Becker | GER | 5.64 | 1:11.03 |
| 2 | Katie Uhlaender | USA | 5.42 | 1:11.06 |
| 3 | Olga Potylitsina | RUS | 5.64 | 1:11.51 |
| 4 | Yulia Kanakina | RUS | 5.25 | 1:11.54 |
| 5 | Valentina Margaglio | ITA | 5.51 | 1:11.60 |
| 6 | Lanette Prediger | CAN | 5.74 | 1;11.62 |
| 7 | Sophia Griebel | GER | 5.44 | 1:11.68 |
| 8 | Megan Henry | USA | 5.43 | 1:11.88 |
| 9 | Alina Tararychenkova | RUS | 5.41 | 1:11.91 |
| 10 | Grace Clapp-Taylor | USA | 5.67 | 1:11.98 |
| 11 | Kimberley Murray | GBR | 5.49 | 1:12.01 |
| 12 | Hannah Neise | GER | 5.67 | 1:12.07 |
| 13 | Madelaine Smith | GBR | 5.50 | 1:12.23 |
| 13 | Maryoung Mun | KOR | 5.70 | 1:12.23 |
| 15 | Madison Charney | CAN | 5.54 | 1:12.34 |
| 16 | Sophia Jeong | KOR | 5.43 | 1:12.38 |
| 17 | Maria Marinela Mazilu | ROU | 5.49 | 1:12.58 |
| 18 | Marina Montejano | ESP | 5.62 | 1:12.76 |
| 19 | Johanna Balassa | AUT | 5.82 | 1:13.08 |
| 20 | Agathe Bessard | FRA | 5.93 | 1:13.40 |
| 21 | Jaclyn LaBerge | CAN | 5.68 | 1:13.62 |
| 22 | Chengfeng Long | CHN | 5.49 | 1:13.79 |
| 23 | Endija Terauda | LAT | 5.89 | 1:14.01 |
| 24 | Katie Tannenbaum | ISV | 5.77 | 1:14.52 |
| 25 | Elise Nilseng Barben | NOR | 6.21 | 1:15.12 |
| 26 | Marta Orlowska | POL | 5.77 | 1:15.56 |
| 27 | Katrien de Deve | BEL | 6.29 | 1:17.33 |
