2012/2013 FIBT World Cup - Round 2 - Women's Skeleton

From Park City, USA

There aren’t many people in the world who can call a 5th place skeleton world cup effort “disappointing”, but Katie Uhlaender is one of those people. After a tough first heat left her 5th overall in Lake Placid, USA’s Uhlaender came back today to win in Park City. Starting the second heat just behind Great Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold, Uhlaender set a blistering second time to win her first gold of 2012. Yarnold comes back from an equally tough run in Lake Placid to finish second, and Anja Huber finishes third, her best run of the season thus far.

The USA’s Kimber Gabryszak finishes 15th on home ice, while Canada flips its finishing order around from Lake Placid, with Cassie Hawrysh finishing a career (in two starts) best 4th, Mellisa Hollingsworth 7th and Sarah Reid T-11th. Great Britain continued their success with Yarnold taking silver, Shelley Rudman finishing 6th and Donna Creighton T-11th.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Katie Uhlaender	USA	50.48	50.45	1:40.93
2	Elizabeth Yarnold	GBR	50.36	50.58	1:40.94
3	Anja Huber	GER	50.66	50.55	1:41.21
4	Cassie Hawrysh	CAN	50.58	50.69	1:41.27
5	Marion Thees	GER	50.65	50.85	1:41.50
6	Shelley Rudman	GBR	50.55	50.95	1:41.50
7	Mellisa Holingsworth	CAN	50.75	50.97	1:41.72
8	Lucy Chaffer	AUS	50.90	50.85	1:41.75
9	Kathleen Lorenz	GER	50.96	50.84	1:41.80
10	Janine Flock	AUT	50.90	51.11	1:42.01
11	Sarah Reid	CAN	51.30	50.72	1:42.02
11	Donna Creighton	GBR	51.14	50.88	1:42.02
13	Melissa Hoar	AUS	51.15	51.01	1:42.16
14	Katharine Eustace	NZL	50.89	51.28	1:42.17
15	Kimber Gabryszak	USA	50.89	51.29	1:42.18
16	Lelde Priedulena	LAT	51.04	51.26	1:42.30
17	Maria Orlova	RUS	50.65	51.82	1:42.47
18	Olga Potylitsina	RUS	51.32	51.26	1:42.58
19	Joska Le Conte	NED	51.28	51.38	1:42.66
20	Marina Gilardoni	SUI	51.02	51.68	1:42.70
21	Olga Nikandrova	RUS	51.66
22	Barbara Hosch	SUI	51.78
23	Delia Ivas	ROU	53.30